PARIS (Reuters) - The French government said it had not received notification from Moody's that the ratings agency was set to downgrade France, denying a report in L'Opinion newspaper.
"The government denies the report in L'Opinion, it has not received any information from Moody's at this point," a Finance Ministry spokesman told Reuters.
Moody's is due to update on France's rating on Friday and a downgrade is widely expected after the government announced last week it would need more time to cut its public deficit.
(Reporting by Jean Baptiste Vey, writing by Leigh Thomas)