Fench fries

Here we go again. The euro is nearing $1.30 and French politicians - worried about the impact of a stronger euro on exporters’ performance - start whingeing. It’s exactly what they did the last time the euro was marching up the scales in late 2004. But it should have been the job of the Italians to start Europe’s campaign for a weaker euro this time round. After all, their economy is the least competitive. But as they were too busy forming a new government, Thierry Breton, France’s finance minis...