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		<title>Farmers Block Foix Tunnel in Protest Against Cattle Slaughter Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Farmers Rise Up in Foix Tensions are rising once again in southwestern France as farmers]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pension Reform: Emmanuel Macron Regrets Nothing</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[RECAP: The President of the Republic spoke to the French on the news of TF1 and]]></description>
		
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		<title>Shortage of Fuel: &#8220;If they Release us, we will go Elsewhere&#8221; &#8230; The Blockages will not Stop</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 07:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Diesel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fuel Depots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fuel Shortage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pension Reform]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[PROTESTS: After the failure of the motion of censure, unions and opponents of the pension]]></description>
		
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		<title>New “Dead Port” Operation in Seine-Maritime: “Serious Consequences” for Haropa</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 17:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Normandy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pension Reform]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[With the new dead port operation scheduled for January 22 to 24, 2020 in Le]]></description>
		
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		<title>Saint-Nazaire: The Port Blocked Again for Three Days</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 13:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new &#8220;Dead Port&#8221; operation began on Wednesday 22nd January 2020 at the port of]]></description>
		
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		<title>Transport: Blockages, Dams, Snail Operations &#8230; Truckers are Demanding Better Wages</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2019/12/transport-blockages-dams-snail-operations-truckers-demanding-better-wages/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 09:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[MOBILISATION: With the truckers mobilising for better wages, it will add more bad news for motorists]]></description>
		
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		<title>Strike of December 16th: Blocking of the Bus Depot in Rouen</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 06:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[To protest the pension reform, demonstrators blocked a bus depot near Rouen. The network was disrupted]]></description>
		
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		<title>Nearly 160 Petrol Stations Out of Fuel</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2019/12/nearly-160-petrol-stations-fuel/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 11:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[pension Reform]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Between cars that consume in plugs and refinery blockages, some stations are running out of]]></description>
		
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		<title>Yellow Vests: The RN 12 Blocked at Langueux and Saint-Brieuc</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2019/03/yellow-vests-the-rn-12-blocked-at-langueux-and-saint-brieuc/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Several hundred yellow vests are demonstrating in Saint-Brieuc Saturday 23rd March. After the city centre,]]></description>
		
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		<title>Yellow Vests: Nearly 400 Demonstrators March on Saint-Brieuc</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2019/03/yellow-vests-nearly-400-demonstrators-march-on-saint-brieuc/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2019 14:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Several hundred yellow vests are resolved to demonstrate in downtown Saint-Brieuc this Saturday 23rd March,]]></description>
		
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