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Bundesbank’s Theurer Warns Eurozone Debt Crisis Risk Has Risen Sharply

Bundesbank executive board member Michael Theurer said the recent European bond selloff is a “clear warning signal” that investors are nervous about governments’ efforts to control debt. “There is currently no systemic sovereign debt crisis, but the risks have risen significantly,” Theurer said, citing France and the United States as sources of fiscal and political uncertainty affecting government bond markets.

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Theurer's distinction matters: he is not calling a crisis, but flagging that the market's tolerance for fiscal drift has narrowed. Naming France alongside the United States is notable — the warning is not confined to the eurozone's usual periphery, which suggests core European sovereigns now carry some of the risk premium. The open question is whether the bond selloff reflects a lasting repricing of sovereign credit or a transient bout of political noise.

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