As a second round of voting is set to shape the next French government this Sunday, Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe had a warning against runaway borrowing. When the minister for public expenditure joined his finance colleague Jack Chambers to present the latest Exchequer figures to reporters this week, The Currency asked him whether he was making contingency plans as Eurogroup president in case the second-largest economy in the euro area let its debt spiral out of control. France is already under investigation by the European Commission after its outgoing government, led by supporters of President Emmanuel Macron, exceeded agreed Exchequer…

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