Sacre bleu! S&P accidentally downgrades France
Moodys, on the other administer, says it is studying whether to plant Frances rating on notice. A downgrade of French debt would besides pose a domestic problem: President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is anticipated to accept a re-election battle after that spring, has staked his credibility on balancing Frances financial plan by 2016. var so = new-fangled SWFObjecthttp://hosted.ap.org/interactives/2011/europe-austerity/content.swf?SITE=NYCBN, ap-europe-austerity, 610, 540, 10, #FFFFFF; so.