Fitch Cuts France Outlook to Negative

Fitch revised France outlook to negative due to deteriorating fiscal conditions and political fragmentation. The agency warned that rising debt dynamics and higher borrowing costs threaten stability.

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France's credit outlook was revised to negative by Fitch on Friday, reflecting mounting fiscal deterioration and political gridlock that threaten debt stabilization. The sovereign now faces heightened downgrade risks amid rising borrowing costs and social unrest. The action increases financial pressure on the euro zone's second-largest economy as it struggles to pass a deficit-reduction budget.