Heard this on the radio tonight(I get BBC World now, no more lame pop music for me, WOHO!!).

The EU's central bank director(or something...) said that France is dragging down the entire economy of the EU... And then they quoted a french minister of some sort, who declared that France is bankrupt.

So, what's going on? Is it just a hoax to gain some support for hugely unpopular and idiotic "economic measures" or am I just paranoid and it's really true? If so, how could it happen?

I know I'm doing my part to keep the people of Bordeaux and Champagne employed...