The European Commission has said the state of the French economy and its budget deficit will be an "important subject" of its talks tomorrow with French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin.
Commission spokesman for economic and monetary affairs Gerassimos Thomas said France has until October 3 to come up with proposals to cut its deficit, which looks set to exceed the stability pact limit of 3% of GDP in 2004 for the third consecutive year.
He also said under discussion would be how to structure reforms, economic prospects, and the budget.