In France, demonstrators rallied outside Moody’s credit rating agency in Paris on Thursday. Protesters said the firm is contributing to the worsening of the European economic crisis by cutting the ratings of countries’ sovereign debts.

Protester: “Today we’re here to contest the fact that it’s the credit rating companies that decide the policy of European states. It’s not up to them to decide, make decisions that will hit workers, the retired, the jobless, etc., etc.”