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  "id": 17362869,
  "title": "France aims for 'responsible' 2027 budget as Fitch downgrades outlook",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/france-aims-for-responsible-2027-budget-as-fitch-downgrades-outlook",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T06:27:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/31/france-aims-for-responsible-2027-budget-as-fitch-downgrades-outlook"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US rating agency doubts France's ability to sustainably restore its public finances after the 2027 presidential election, probably followed by parliamentary elections. The government, for its part, reiterates the \"absolute necessity\" of having a budget adopted by the end of the year.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Fitch downgrades France’s economic outlook from stable to negative",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/fitch-downgrades-frances-economic-outlook-from-stable-to-negative",
        "published": "2026-10-30T23:06:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde Economie",
        "title": "Fitch agency maintains France's sovereign debt rating but downgrades its outlook",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/lagence-fitch-maintient-la-note-de-la-dette-souveraine-de-la-france",
        "published": "2026-10-30T23:19:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Can France survive its debt? Fitch issues major warning to the EU’s second-largest economy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/can-france-survive-its-debt-fitch-issues-major-warning-to-the-eus",
        "published": "2026-10-31T01:32:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}