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Crisis-mired Germany to blow through debt limit in 2023
Crisis-mired Germany to blow through debt limit in 2023
by  AFP

Germany will seek to suspend a constitutional debt limit for a fourth straight year, its finance minister said Thursday, after a shock court ruling upended government spending plans and sparked a budget crisis. The finance minister, who has intoned on the importance of clear debt limits, avoided direct mention of the brake in an earlier press conference.

Speed limit cut and car-sharing coming for jammed Paris ring road
Speed limit cut and car-sharing coming for jammed Paris ring road
by  AFP

Paris will set a speed limit of 50 kilometres per hour (30 mph) on the French capital's congested ring road and add a car-sharing lane after next year's Olympic Games, city hall said Thursday. Drivers are alone in some 80 percent of the cars on the ring road.

Novo Nordisk spends big in France to expand obesity drug capacity
Novo Nordisk spends big in France to expand obesity drug capacity
by  AFP

Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk will announce Thursday a major investment in a French production site to expand capacity for a blockbuster anti-obesity drug, the French presidency said. Novo Nordisk already said this month it was investing 42 billion Danish kroner ($6.1 billion) to expand its facilities in Denmark.