• Groupama Asset Management highlighted mounting French sovereign risk as the 10-year yield reached 5.1%, its highest since 2002.
• The 10-year OAT-Bund spread widened to 170 basis points, its highest since 2011, versus an estimated 90 without current tensions.
• Political uncertainty and doubts over fiscal stabilization support a cautious stance on French assets, with volatility expected to remain elevated.
• Eurozone contagion remains contained despite Italian and Spanish spreads widening to 125 basis points and 70 basis points, respectively.
• Immediate default is not the main risk; rising borrowing costs could reinforce investor distrust and further constrain France’s budget flexibility.

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