(FILES) A closeup taken on December 23, 2011 in Paris, shows a media website with triple "A" letters ( AAA ) . The top three rating agencies -- Moody's, with Standard and Poor's and Fitch -- have all warned that the crisis has put the EU ratings at risk, with France in particular seen as most likely to lose its prized triple-A level. The rating agencies Fitch and Moody's left their sovereign ratings for France unchanged, despite the sharp slide in the country's public deficit last year it was announced on April 26, 2024. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images)