France: GDP falls 0.1% in the third quarter

Une hausse de la consommation ne suffit pas à faire progresser l’ensemble de l’économie.

Normally ne and pas wrap the verb. Before a vowel, ne becomes n’. Check which part of the sentence the negation covers. Ne … plus means “no longer”.

Selon l’Insee, le PIB en volume diminue de 0,1 % au troisième trimestre 2026, après une stabilité au trimestre précédent.

Selon means “according to”. Put a person or organisation after it as the source. It separates facts the writer checked directly from what another body or report said. Citing a source does not turn a forecast into an accomplished fact.

Il s’agit d’une première estimation, qui peut être révisée.

Put a base-form verb after pouvoir. Peut means “can” or “may”; the conditional pourrait gives a more reserved possibility, “might”. It does not necessarily mean implementation is settled.

Il s’agit d’une première estimation, qui peut être révisée.

It explains what something is about: “it is a matter of…”. The il is not a particular man but a formal subject of this construction. The negative il ne s’agit pas de means “this is not about…”.

PIB est le sigle de produit intérieur brut.

Est is third-person singular and sont third-person plural of être. They express “is / are” — a state or description. If a past participle follows, it is a different structure such as the passive, so check the words that follow.

Il s’agit d’une première estimation, qui peut être révisée.

Qui continues a description of the person or thing just mentioned (“the one that does…”). Because qui is itself the subject of the next verb, do not repeat the subject. The verb agrees with the noun qui refers to.

INSEEによると、2026年7〜9月の国内総生産は、物価変動の影響を取り除いた値で前の四半期より0.1％減りました。

As in “LCPによると”, it shows where the information comes from. What that source reported follows. It is used differently from “私にとって”, which gives one’s own opinion.

これは最初の推計で、今後改定される可能性があります。

These forms say something may happen. Even when “possibility” is written, it does not mean it will certainly happen. Check whose forecast it is, plus the time and conditions.

国民一人ひとりの収入や幸福を直接測る数字ではありません。

They negate a noun and similar content. “ではありません” is the polite form and “ではない” the plain form. “成立ではありません” shows that it cannot be said to have been concluded.

国内総生産は、一定期間に国内で生み出された付加価値などを集計した指標です。

“暴言など” gives “abusive language” as one example. It is not necessarily a closed list of only the things named. It also helps when reading the scope of a news story.

家計の消費は0.4％増えた一方、投資は0.6％減りました。

In “発表しました”, ました makes a verb polite past. The negative is “ませんでした”. Read the actual date together with the date and time in the text.

家計、企業、政府、海外との取引を合わせた数字なので、一つの項目だけでは全体の結果を説明できません。

できる is the basic verb for ability. The potential form of 受ける is 受けられる. The same られる can also be passive or honorific, so decide from the meaning of the sentence.