By Peter Allen PUBLISHED: 12:33 EST, 3 December 2012 | UPDATED: 12:35 EST, 3 December 2012 Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer: '[It's a] consequence of the choice by the UK to remain outside the euro area' France's most senior state banker was today accused of a ‘naked attempt to steal London’s financial crown’. Christian Noyer, 62-year-old governor of the Bank of France, said the City of London should be stripped of its status, and the bulk of its business be transferred to mainland Europe. But a furious Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, said: ‘This is a desperate French attack in an effort to make something out of the Eurozone crisis.’
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Christian Noyer said City of London should be stripped of its status - with businesses moving into Euro Zone
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Boris Johnson and Vince Cable lead criticism of 'desperate French attack'
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Britain has never signed up to the single European currency, Mr @placeholder argued, and ‘most of the euro business should be done inside the euro area.