Unemployment, purchasing power, debts: 8 out of 10 French people fear the worst

Is France about to lose its status as a rich country? Only a few hilarious leaders, perched on their mountain of optimism, seem to believe it. However, the morale of the French collapses, and the economy follows the movement. Inflation, industrial decline and abyssal debts fuel galloping pessimism. And it is not the 2025 budget that reassures the crowds. Let's dive into the depressing atmosphere that animates France.

Budget 2025: an ineffective placebo for the economy

Despite the Budget voting 2025the economy in France continues to give cold sweats to 85 % of French. In October 2024, there were already 86 % to grind black. A very beautiful constancy in the disaster.

If 61 % of respondents are worried about their own wallets70 % fears an explosion in unemployment. Purchasing power remains an obsession: price, wages and taxes concentrate 46 % of concerns.

The worst is that This pessimism is fairly distributed between social classesgenerations and political orientations. Even the most optimistic are struggling to see a clear horizon.

And with a public debt which reaches 3,300 billion eurosor 118 % of GDP, difficult to hope for an upturn without a budgetary miracle. Add to that production taxes twice as high as in our neighbors and a bureaucracy that stifles any initiative with its 400,000 standardsand you get an unstoppable recipe for an economy in Titanic mode.

The French between gloom and anger

For what so much pessimism among the French ? Simple: they feel like they are attending live to an economic sinking. 66,420 companies put the key under the door in 2024, removing 260,000 jobs.

Even if some policies are trying to positivate, the land says something else: purchasing power at half mast, increasing inequalities, and a social system in apnea.

Some figures to illustrate ambient distress ::

• 70 % of French people consider the future of the dark country;
• 76 % think that public debt will get worse;
• Only 6 % believe in an economic improvement;
• 74 % are concerned about the evolution of purchasing power;
• 39 % consider the future of the social system as their priority.

However, a paradox exists: 78 % of French people say they are happy. Go understand … Maybe economic pessimism does not prevent a good chocolate bread on the terrace.

Michel Serres summarized the problem well:

“” What's the point of being pessimistic at this point? Nothing, apart from despairing people. »»

France faced with its decline

The figures are there: France sinks into the decline. It is not Eric Ciotti who will say the opposite:

“” 3,300 billion euros in debt, the outstanding interest rates, thousands of companies liquidated. »»

However, solutions exist. The economy is based on two pillars: a strong industry and a renewed national pride. But for that, it would still be necessary that France is armed with a real recovery strategy.

There public procurement could play a central role by boosting employment and supporting local businesses. By promoting innovation and national production, France could regain its economic dynamism.

The idea is not to curl up on yourself, butensure industrial and strategic sovereignty. The full employment, reindustrialisation and training are so many levers that would allow the bar to straighten. It is still necessary that the political will follow.

By way of cherry on the cake, France persists in ignoring Bitcoin, to the point of ridicuing itself a little more. While other nations, such as Trump's United States, bet on BTC as a strategic reserve, France prefers to get bogged down in its bureaucratic debates. A great missed opportunity that could cost dearly in the long term.