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France's debt exceeds 3,000 billion euros. A situation that alarms many French people and that agitates economic and political circles: is it possible to repay these expenses? Can part of this debt be cancelled to boost growth? Are we safe from an economic crisis? Will our children have to pay? =========== Among the sources of this video: More or less public debt in France, OFCE, January 2021: https://www.ofce.sciences-po.fr/pdf/p... Figures for French public debt (Insee) and interest rates (FRED): https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/... https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IR... Very low interest rates: symptom and opportunity, CAE, 2017: https://www.cae-eco.fr/Taux-d-interet... Information report on public debt, National Assembly: https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dy... Public debt: central banks to the rescue?, OFCE, 2021: https://www.ofce.sciences-po.fr/blog/...