<p>After Macron condemned ‘unbridled violence’, difference between French and German 10-year borrowing costs widens</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/oct/19/exports-lift-china-economic-growth-french-protests-pressure-euro-bonds-latest-business-live-updates">Business live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>France was hit by a fresh wave of selling in its bond and stock markets on Monday after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/18/french-government-crisis-talks-violent-unrest-policing-macron">violent protests </a>over the weekend left public buildings burned, hundreds of shops looted and thousands of arrests across the country.</p><p>Almost 2,400 people have been arrested in France, the interior ministry said on Sunday, with police <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/17/protests-france-high-prices-social-security-gilets-jaunes">deploying teargas in confrontations with protesters</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/19/france-hit-by-debt-sell-off-as-protests-unnerve-investors">Continue reading...</a>