French Finance Minister: hopes worst will be over in terms of inflation by spring 2023

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Published: Sep 21, 2022, 06:06 UTC

PARIS (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said he hoped the worst would be over by spring 2023 in terms of inflation, and reaffirmed that France would have positive economic growth in 2023.

French Minister for Economy, Finance, Industry and Digital Security Bruno Le Maire attends a press conference on the energy situation in France and Europe, in Paris

PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said he hoped the worst would be over by spring 2023 in terms of inflation, and reaffirmed that France would have positive economic growth in 2023.

Le Maire also told France 2 TV that France would have a reform of its pensions system – a key planned reform for President Emmanuel Macron’s government – by next summer.

(Reporting by Geert de Clercq and Matthieu Protard; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)

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