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		<title>France Inflation 2026: Low-Income Squeeze</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[France Inflation 2026: The Hidden Squeeze on Low-Income Families Inflation in France is ticking up]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gas Prices in France Set to Surge This May</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gas Prices in France Set to Surge by Up to 18% in May 2026 Millions]]></description>
		
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		<title>France’s Industrial Decline: Why Factory Closures Are Surging</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 05:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[France faces a wave of factory closures in 2025, exposing deep structural weaknesses in the]]></description>
		
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		<title>European Natural Gas Prices Surge as Cold Snap and Supply Worries Grip the Continent</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[European Natural Gas Prices Surge to Two-Month Highs European natural gas prices have surged to]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cutting Heating Costs: What Every French Household Should Know This Winter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 08:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cut your heating costs this autumn and winter in France: compare fuels, use smart thermostats]]></description>
		
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		<title>The “Deprivation” Rate, Another Measure of the Poverty Rate, Reaches a Record High in Ten Years</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2023 11:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PURCHASING POWER: Unlike the monetary poverty rate, the deprivation rate is based on households giving up]]></description>
		
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		<title>Energy: A Delay for the Payment of Taxes and Social Security Contributions Granted to Bakers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 09:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[FINANCIAL AID: Elisabeth Borne wanted bakers to also be able to &#8220;spread out&#8221; the energy bills]]></description>
		
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