France ungovernable, but the PIIGS are holding up just fine

The contagion to the rest of the euro zone has so far been minimal — suggesting that the European Central Bank’s promise to act as a lender of last resort, made under duress in 2012, is still having a powerful effect. When the bloc’s sovereign debt crisis https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/fixed-income/european-sovereign-debt-crisis/ broke out in 2010, there was thought to be a real solvency risk attaching to countries at the European periphery, particularly the so-called PIIGS — Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain. The Macrons and Trumps on Bastille Day 2017. This time around, the extra spreads that they must pay to investors compared to bunds have remained very stable. John Authers Bloomberg 3 december 2024 https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-12-03/france-s-cold-hasn-t-spread-to-rest-of-europe-yet Anders Borg (TT): Den stora risken var att Grekland skulle utlösa en kris i italienska, franska och tyska ban...