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January 17, 2012

French Downgrade May Shift Europe's Center of Power

The Guardian, The Guardian

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The downgrade's real significance is in flooding political poison into the continent's heart.

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TAGGED: France, Germany, Nicolas Sarkozy, Finland, Eurozone

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