Fitch Ratings has downgraded France’s long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating to A+ from AA-.
The outlook is stable.
Fitch projects debt to rise to 121 per cent of GDP in 2027 from 113.2 per cent in 2024, without a clear horizon for debt stabilisation in subsequent years.
Rising public debt constrains the capacity to respond to new shocks without further deterioration of public finances.