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		<title>Thales to Hire 9,000 New Employees in 2026</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thales Announces 9,000 Global Hires in 2026 — A Strong Signal for the Defense and]]></description>
		
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		<title>France Orders $1.34 Billion GlobalEye Surveillance Aircraft from Saab — Strengthening Defense Ties with Sweden</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Perfect — adding a factbox and a short comparison chart will make the article more informative, keep readers engaged]]></description>
		
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		<title>Europe’s Sovereign AI Push: How Dassault Systèmes and Mistral AI Target Regulated Sectors</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 08:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Discover how Dassault Systèmes and Mistral AI are powering Europe’s sovereign AI strategy with secure,]]></description>
		
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		<title>France&#8217;s Political and Budgetary Fragility Places &#8220;Insecurity&#8221; on Europe, According to François Hollande</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 13:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Former President François Hollande warns of the consequences of a budgetary failure in France on]]></description>
		
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		<title>Greece Approves Purchase of 18 French-Made Rafale Fighter Planes Amid Tensions with Turkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 11:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ECONOMY: Greece has approved the purchase of 18 French-made Rafale Aircraft costing over 2 billion]]></description>
		
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		<title>France Turns the Screws on Imran Khan, Declines Upgrade for Mirage, Subs and More</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2020 09:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla was told about the French government’s decisions vis-a-vis Pakistan when]]></description>
		
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		<title>Defence: The Armies Budget will Increase by 1.6 Billion Euros in 2018</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 18:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced an increase in the defence budget &#8220;unprecedented over the past]]></description>
		
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		<title>Two Russian bombers intercepted off the coast of Brittany</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2016 11:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[DEFENSE:  Westerners speak of a provocation on the part of the Russian army flying close]]></description>
		
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		<title>Eight Rafale took off from Charles de Gaulle to hit Daech in Iraq</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2016 07:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Combat aircraft took off Friday of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle for operations]]></description>
		
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		<title>Juncker: EU&#8217;s existence is &#8220;not threatened&#8221; by the Brexit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The existence of the European Union is &#8220;not threatened&#8221; by the British decision to leave,]]></description>
		
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