The troika 10-day appraisal of the bailout programme, starting today, is due to be a low-key affair, set against the background of the treaty referendum and rising fears for the eurozone with Spain in the cross-hairs of investors.

FRENCH leaders are girding for the loss of the nation’s top credit grade, with the central bank governor taking a swipe at Britain as he called debt-rating companies “incomprehensible and irrational”.