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EUROPE: Politicians Lash Out At Credit Rating Agencies

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and other European politicians said the decision by credit rating agency Moody's – one of the “Big Three” U.S. raters – to downgrade Portugal's debt to “junk” status was unwarranted (DeutscheWelle). It would only make it more difficult for eurozone leaders to help Portugal, Greece, and Ireland manage an on-going debt crisis, they said. FINALMENTE! A VER A QUÉ SE ATREVEN AHORA.

This CFR Backgrounder says the eurozone, once seen as a crowning achievement in the decades-long path of European integration, is buffeted by a sovereign debt crisis of nations whose membership in the currency union has been poorly policed.

France: Marine Le Pen's National Front, a French right-wing populist party, is attracting new voters because of its tough stance against immigration and globalization (DerSpiegel), posing a potentially serious challenge to French President Nicolas Sarkozy in next year's elections. MARINE SABE LO QUE QUIERE, LOS DEL PS SIGUEN DISPERSOS