Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The European Union had its AAA long- term rating put on “creditwatch negative” by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services after a similar action on 15 of the 17 Euro members. The EU’s short-term A-1+ rating was affirmed.

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