France’s Public Debt: Standard & Poor’s Maintains Its Note – The Observatorial

The rating agency Standard and Poor's maintains the AA- rating of the French debt. A relief for Bercy, who could fear a deterioration due to the country's financial situation. To avoid this scenario, the government asks "all the French" to make efforts for the 2026 budget.

At the end of February, the Agency had accompanied its AA- rating with a "negative" perspective, suggesting that public finances "under pressure" could lead it to degrade its rating.

The rating agency Standard & Poor's announced this Friday its new assessment of France's public debt. Despite a negative outlook since February, it leaves it unchanged at AA-. - Debt: the S&P agency maintains France's rating despite the negative outlook (Economy).

The US agency S&P maintained, on Friday 30 May, the AA - rating granted to the French debt. A welcome respite for François Bayrou, in preparation for a more complicated budget than ever.

On Friday evening, France retains its "AA-" with a negative outlook despite the deterioration of the country's economic situation.

Since the rating agency's award last year, the state of our public finances has further deteriorated.