
Prime Minister François Bayrou denounces the indebtedness of young people to repay the debts of previous generations, while intensifying strikes in the Black Sea disrupt Russian and Ukrainian wheat exports, threatening global supplies.
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François Bayrou criticizes the practice of making young people pay for debts accumulated by previous generations. At the same time, intensified strikes in the Black Sea are disrupting wheat export corridors from Russia and Ukraine, two major players in the global market.
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Young people are “reduced to slavery” to repay the debt decided by “previous generations”, criticizes François Bayrou
“That a generation does not think of the next generation, that it imposes on them, without telling them, the burden of having to pay for decades, for the facilities that we have encountered today, this is not normal,” the head of government said this Thursday.
“A more serious situation than in 2022”: intensification of strikes in the Black Sea endangers global wheat supplies
DECRYPTION – Shipments of Russian and Ukrainian grain, the vast majority of which transit through this essential sea route, have declined sharply, putting markets under tension. While Russia accounts for almost a quarter of world wheat exports.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The French government will announce measures to ease the debt burden on younger generations.
Possible · Within weeks
Disruptions to wheat exports in the Black Sea will cause a temporary rise in global wheat prices.
Likely · Within weeks

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