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French finance minister Francois Baroin earlier described the UK's economic situation as "very worrying."
And the chairman of the French central bank suggested the UK's credit rating should be downgraded - ahead of France.
Chairman of the French central bank, Christian Noyer, had suggested Britain was a candidate for a downgrade amid fears in Paris that France might lose its triple-A rating. Mr Fillon had made similar comments in Rio de Janeiro.
Then on Friday, Mr Baroin told Europe 1 radio: "The economic situation in Britain today is very worrying, and you'd rather be French than British in economic terms."
France has been warned by US credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's that it could lose its triple-A credit rating over the eurozone crisis.

