Upaya Sarkozy dalam Mempertahankan Stabilitas Ekonomi Perancis di Tengah Hutang Uni Eropa Tahun 2008 - 2012

Abstract

This research aims to describe the efforts of Sarkozy in maintaining the stability of the French economy in the midst of the debt crisis in the EU in 2008-2012. This type of research is descriptive, and uses the type of secondary data obtained through library research. The theory used to analyze is economic liberalism. The result explains that policy measures taken by Sarkozy in France to maintain economic stability due to the impact of the EU debt crisis. In this case, Sarkozy responded by implementing fiscal policy, namely providing stimulus packages to the French economy and implementing fiscal consolidations, then granting a bailout to French banks that were affected and contributing to a bailout package to Greece in the EU. The impact of this policy was the recovery in French economic and trade growth. The banking system was able to stabilize the French economic system, however, at the level of the French debt-deficit ratio, it is still relatively high.