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France heading the Greece way? Rating downgraded again, third hit in a month - economy faces full-blown credit crisisFrance is in trouble. Its credit rating fell for the third time this month. S&P cut it to A+ as debt climbs toward 121% of GDP. Political d...
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France faces pressure to slash overseas aid as debt crisis worsensFrance's overseas development aid faces a crisis due to national debt, leading to pressure on the AFD and a shrinking budget. Despite domes...
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France faces more turmoil with government on brink ahead of confidence voteFrance's political scene is shaky. Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is likely to lose a confidence vote. This deepens the nation's problems a...
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Fears of new political crisis grip FranceFrance is facing a potential political crisis as Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's government faces a confidence vote amid opposition to his...
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- Gold trades near one-week high on Europe, Middle East concern
Gold today traded near a one-week high amid concern about Europe's debt crisis and unrest in the Middle East.
20 Nov, 2012, 06.07 PM IST
- France fights to avoid euro zone bank contagion
With a gaping public deficit, the euro zone's second largest economy wants to be sure it is not sucked into the bloc's game of debt-crisis ...
25 Jun, 2012, 05.46 PM IST
- Eurozone debt crisis tests French president Francois Hollande's credentials
Europe's lurch back into crisis should allow the French Socialist, one of the EU's few left-wing leaders, to achieve his initial policy goa...
06 Jun, 2012, 01.10 PM IST
- Europe must redouble efforts, says Angela Merkel
Merkel said euro-area downgrades reinforce Germany's stance that European leaders must redouble their efforts to resolve the debt crisis.
16 Jan, 2012, 04.03 AM IST
Europe faces 'true' financial crisis: Bank of FranceEurope is facing a 'true' financial crisis, not just a monetary one, with broad-based disruption in the markets, French central bank govern...
30 Nov, 2011, 03.46 PM IST
- EU leaders agree on a strategy to deal with eurozone debt
European Union leaders have reached an agreement on the broad outline of a comprehensive strategy to resolve the euro-zone debt crisis.
24 Oct, 2011, 11.52 AM IST
- Debt crisis: France, Germany split on crisis solution
A French-German split over Europe’s rescue strategy emerged as finance ministers prepare to meet in Brussels tomorrow.
21 Oct, 2011, 05.53 AM IST
Investors fear France may lose its AAA status, anxiety still prevalent in European markets over US downgradeInvestors fear France may lose its AAA status, which could be a fresh blow to Eurozone, with French banks holding Italian debt facing the h...
11 Aug, 2011, 10.58 AM IST
- Portugal downgrade rekindles Europe debt crisis
Europe's debt crisis flared anew as Portugal suffered a cut to its credit rating & European fin ministers battled to dispel fears about ban...
13 Jul, 2010, 09.20 PM IST
- Germany, France want more supervision to prevent another crisis
Amid growing concerns that the debt crisis in Greece could spread to other heavily-indebted nations in the region, Germany and France have ...
07 May, 2010, 11.17 AM IST