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French credit downgrade could come 'within days'

Richard Wachman, Toby Helm and Kim Willsher The Guardian 12/18/2011
French credit downgrade could come 'within days'

France could be stripped of its triple-A credit rating before Christmas, raising new doubts about the survival of the euro, analysts have predicted.

Germany, France plan quick new Stability Pact: report

France and Germany are planning a quick new pact on budget discipline that might persuade the European Central Bank to ramp up its government bond purchases, Welt am Sonntag reported on Sunday.

France Likely to Lose Top Rating: S&P

John Glover Bloomberg.com 10/20/2011

Moody's warns France on possible negative outlook

Walter Brandimarte Reuters 10/17/2011
France Likely to Lose Top Rating: S&P

France is among euro-region sovereigns likely to be downgraded in a stressed economic scenario, according to Standard & Poor’s.

Moody's warns France on possible negative outlook

Moody's warned on Monday it may slap a negative outlook on France's Aaa credit rating in the next three months if the costs for helping to bail out banks and other euro zone members stretch its budget too much.

Francois Hollande leads French left's presidential primary

Moderate left-wing candidate Francois Hollande led in a primary vote for the French Socialist Party's presidential nomination on Sunday, bolstering his position as the favorite to unseat conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy in April.

In France, far right capitalizes on euro crisis

Fabien Engelmann, a 32-year old municipal plumber with tight-cropped hair, was an activist with France's leading trade union and a Trotskyist for many years. Later he joined the far-left "New Anticapitalist Party". This year he switched party again, but not on a leftist ticket. He joined France's famed far-right National Front, and he was not the only one.

French left seizes Senate majority, hurts Sarkozy

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government lost its majority in the Senate to the left on Sunday, officials said, in a historic defeat that deals him a blow just seven months before a presidential election.

Frenchman ordered to pay wife damages for lack of sex

A Frenchman has been ordered to pay his ex-wife £8,500 in damages for failing to have enough sex with her during their marriage.

Strauss-Kahn returns to France but not politics

GREG KELLER, SARAH DiLORENZO Yahoo! News 09/04/2011

Door opened to political return for Strauss-Kahn

Daniel Flynn and Thierry Leveque Reuters 08/22/2011
Strauss-Kahn returns to France but not politics

The last time he boarded a flight for Paris, Dominique Strauss-Kahn was on the verge of announcing his candidacy for president, and in some quarters his victory was considered certain.

Door opened to political return for Strauss-Kahn

Dominique Strauss-Kahn could make a dramatic return to French public life if sexual assault charges against the former IMF chief are dropped this week, the frontrunner in France's presidential election said on Monday.


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