France’s Debt Woes Mount as Fitch Downgrades Credit Rating
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The National Assembly and the Eiffel Tower near the river Seine in Paris.
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Fitch Ratings downgraded France, indicating the upheaval of repeated government collapse has locked the country into an enduring battle to contain a swelling debt burden.
The rating company cut its credit assessment to A+ from AA-, taking it a notch lower than the UK and on par with Belgium. Among the main arbiters of sovereign borrowers, Fitch’s France rating is now the lowest at six levels above junk.
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