 The economic soft patch is looking more like quicksand. That's one you can find. The euro weakened in early hours here this morning. We mentioned 1.2% against the greenback for the euro. Currently at 1.0829. A left-wing coalition is on course to win the most seats in the legislative election in France. We'll have more on that from Ed Baxter in a few moments. But on the investment side, investors have expressed some concern about France's public finances.