Turkey’s opposition is under siege

土耳其反对派正遭受围攻

FT News Briefing

2025-09-15

12 分钟
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Borrowing costs for the French government are outpacing some French corporations, and the threats to Turkey’s leading opposition party may be part of a wider push to change the country’s democracy. Plus, Chinese export controls on Germanium are forcing defence firms to seek new suppliers, and the failure of a little-known US car lender may spell trouble for the wider banking sector.  Mentioned in this podcast: French companies’ borrowing costs fall below government’s as debt fears intensify Is this the end of Atatürk’s party? China’s curbs on defence metal germanium create ‘desperate’ supply squeeze Car lender’s failure hints at what’s under the hood in private credit US justice department probes fraud allegations at subprime car lender Tricolor Today’s FT News Briefing was produced by Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson, and Victoria Craig. Additional help from Alexander Higgins and Peter Barber. The FT’s acting co-head of audio is Topher Forhecz. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Good morning from The Financial Times.

  • Today is Monday, September 15th, and this is your FT News Briefing.

  • Political instability is leading to unusual activity in France's financial markets,

  • and Turkey's main opposition party is under attack by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government.

  • Plus, why the collapse of a little-known subprime autolender left big U.S.

  • banks on the hook?

  • Yes, it does on the surface look a little bit like 2008,

  • even though it's unclear, you know, what the endgame year is.

  • I'm Victoria Craig, and here's the news you need to start your day.

  • The political crisis in France is ricocheting through the country's financial markets.

  • Borrowing costs for companies like L'Oreal and Airbus are now lower than borrowing costs for the French government.

  • It's a sign that investors see French corporate debt as a safer bet than government debt.