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"Standard &amp; Poor's has decided to downgrade France's top-notch credit rating but will spare Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, an EU government source told AFP on Friday.<br/><br/><p>\"France loses its triple-A rating,\" the source said on condition of anonymity, adding that the credit ratings agency, one of the world's top three, has notified the governments of its decision.<br/><br/>France was along with Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands among the six eurozone nations with a AAA rating. The source was unable to say what S&amp;P decided to do with the two others, Austria and Finland.<br/><br/>Belgium has an AA rating, which is two notches below the top score.<br/><br/>S&amp;P warned last month that the credit ratings of 15 of the eurozone's 17 member states were at risk of a downgrade due to the ongoing debt crisis.</p>"
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