Fitch maintains France’s ranking at A+ | EUROtoday

Satisfaction at Matignon and Bercy. Despite France’s difficulties in decreasing its deficit and its incapacity to cease the rise in its debt, the Fitch company maintained the A+ ranking granted to the French debt on Friday March 6. The American company has additionally not modified the secure outlook assigned to this ranking, an indication that it doesn’t plan to decrease it within the close to future.

Roland Lescure, Sébastien Lecornu’s Minister of Economy and Finance, instantly “taken note” of the choice. This one “is an extension of the efforts undertaken by the government as part of the 2026 budget to control public finances, support the growth of our economy and strengthen the attractiveness of France”, he commented in a press launch.

The risk of a deterioration this Friday appeared low. Fitch was the primary of the three main ranking companies to decrease the French ranking in September 2025, as a result of political turbulence. It appeared unlikely that it could as soon as once more sanction France in a spectacular method. A change of perspective, alternatively, didn’t appear excluded, like a type of warning.

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