French finance minister Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday (4 May) promised to "fight on all fronts" to reduce Paris' deficit to below EU limits and unveiled a sweeping series of measures to achieve this.
Mr Sarkozy - in his first press conference as France's finance minister - issued a pledge to get France's budget deficit below the EU ceiling of three percent of GDP saying, "France's word must be respected".
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