France Gets Debt Warning as S&P Downgrades in Unscheduled Move

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In an extraordinary move, the company downgraded France from AA- to A+, saying uncertainty about the country's budget "remains high."

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This decision comes as the new Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived on Thursday two motions of censure in Parliament, offering a temporary respite to his government and the possibility of presenting...

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DECRYPTAGE - After Fitch last month, S&P is the second rating agency to degrade tricolor sovereign debt in the category of "simple A".

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This Friday evening, 17 October, is the second degradation of the rating agency in a year and a half, and this "despite the presentation this week of the draft budget 2026".

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This is the second time that France has seen its score degraded by the S&P agency (formerly Standard & Poors) in a year and a half.