The Commission questioned of the "appropriateness of behaviour" of international ratings agencies, which in addition to Moody's include Standard & Poor's and Fitch.
France 24 said Lagarde would also be looking to make more room for emerging economies at the IMF, and to establish her legitimacy in her new position, despite the fact she is not a trained economist.
While Poland has not adopted the euro, it has strong trade links with eurozone countries, and Poland is pushing for a bigger budget to encourage growth throughout the bloc.
In March of last year, Greece was urged to consider selling some of its islands as an answer to its mounting debt problem, a step that the country is nearing as it prepares to sell billions of dollars of state assets.
After three years of economic recession and stagnation in Spain, there is widespread discontent about the severe austerity measures, with many people saying they are bearing the brunt of the fallout from a financial crisis that was created by governments, big banks and wealthy developers
The credit downgrade to the least-creditworthy nation in the world comes at a difficult time for Greece, which is trying to persuade legislators to accept new and unpopular austerity measures.
GRAZ — "More and more people in Germany believe they are being exploited by Greeks, while Greeks are becoming convinced they are being exploited by Germans," says Joze Mencinger.
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