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		<title>France’s Social Security Deficit Hits €21.6bn in 2025</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[France’s social security deficit reached €21.6bn in 2025. A smaller gap than expected, but long-term]]></description>
		
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		<title>France Faces Growing Budget Pressure as Montchalin Urges Swift Agreement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 20:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[France Under Budget Pressure: Montchalin Calls for Quick Deal France is heading into a crucial]]></description>
		
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		<title>Governor of the Bank of France fears a &#8220;Suffocation&#8221; of the Country if it Does Not Reduce its Deficit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 12:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BUDGET: François Villeroy de Galhau recalls the importance of a budget for 2026 with a]]></description>
		
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		<title>France Races to Avert 2026 Budget Crisis as Political Divisions Deepen</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[France Scrambles to Avoid a 2026 Budget Meltdown France is heading into a decisive weekend]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Prime Minister: &#8220;Enough of this Political Mess&#8221;&#8230; The Boss of the Banque de France Rants</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[COMPROMISE IS NOT A BAD WORD: François Villeroy de Galhau comes out of his usual]]></description>
		
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		<title>Budget: Lecornu Rejects Several Demands from the Left</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 18:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[He said he wanted to reach out to the PS. However, the Prime Minister on]]></description>
		
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		<title>Social security: The Deficit will Plummet Again in 2019, According to the Commission des Comptes</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2019/06/social-security-the-deficit-will-plummet-again-in-2019-according-to-the-commission-des-comptes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2019 09:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SOCIAL: The deficit of the Social Security &#8220;would widen&#8221; between 1.7 and 4.4 billion euros]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tesla: In Deficit, the Company will Cut Costs to Avoid Bankruptcy, According to Elon Musk</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2019/05/tesla-in-deficit-will-cut-costs-elon-musk/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2019 10:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[DRASTIC: Each of the expenses at Tesla will be combed and approved by the CFO Tesla]]></description>
		
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		<title>The deficit will be below 3% in 2017, reaffirms Manuel Valls</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2016/08/deficit-will-3-2017-reaffirms-manuel-valls/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2016 06:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Manuel Valls reiterated in an interview with L&#8217;Express published Tuesday that the deficit of France]]></description>
		
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