What strategies for our public finances? (Opinion piece)

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Read the opinion piece by Victor Lequillerier, President and economist at BSI Economics, published in the Magazine des Professions Financières & de l’Economie (pages 51-54). Victor Lequillerier looks back at the origins of France’s public deficit and discusses the challenges of consolidating public finances and the paradox of the solidity of France’s public debt structure.

Opinion piece available in issue 31 of Magazine des Professions Financières et de l’Economie (pp. 51-54): https://online.flipbuilder.com/Centre-des-Professions-Financieres/cnlp/

Or download the PDF directly: quelles-strategies-pour-nos-finances-publiques-tribune.pdf

26/01/2026

L'auteur

Victor Lequillerier

A graduate of the Paris School of Economics and the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne in money-banking-finance, Victor Lequillerier is in charge of economic studies in a financial institution, after several experiences at Crédit Agricole and Coface. He has also taught economics at Master's level at the University of Poitiers for four years. Victor Lequillerier is Vice-President, General Secretary and co-founder of BSI Economics.

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