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		<title>Why France’s VAT Revenue Shortfall Is Shaking the 2025 Budget</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[France faces a multibillion-euro VAT revenue shortfall in 2025, forcing urgent government action and new]]></description>
		
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		<title>Automobile: Is This Really the End of Diesel?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2018 04:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Porsche has just announced the end of the diesel engine on its bestseller, the Macan]]></description>
		
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		<title>The French Consume Less Alcohol than Before</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2017/08/french-consume-less-alcohol/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2017 06:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 2016, the French have significantly reduced their alcohol purchases, the biggest decline since 2007,]]></description>
		
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		<title>Consumption: For More than 8 out of 10 French, Purchasing Power has Fallen</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2017 07:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[POLL: Only 12% of respondents believe that their purchasing power has increased &#8230; The purchasing power]]></description>
		
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		<title>For the First Time, bottled Water Sold more than Sodas in 2015</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2016 09:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sales of bottled water accounted last year, 21% of all soft drinks sold in France &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wine: The Loire and Poitou-Charentes Top Consumer in France</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2015 14:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Most litres consumed annually per capita &#8230; According to a study by Bonial, the top wine]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lower Gas Prices in May</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2015/04/lower-gas-prices-in-may/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2015 07:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Regulated gas tariffs applied by GDF Suez to more than 7 million French households, will]]></description>
		
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