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		<title>EU Energy Crisis: Tax Cuts and Climate Clash</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[EU Energy Crisis Deepens: Tax Cuts, Subsidies and Climate Tensions Rise European leaders are scrambling]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fuel Price Cut Failure: Leclerc Admits Mistake</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fuel Price Cut Failure: Leclerc Admits Mistake Amid Market Chaos French motorists were briefly given]]></description>
		
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		<title>Energy Shock: Iran Conflict Sends Prices Soaring in Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tensions in the Middle East spark an energy crisis, pushing oil and gas prices sharply]]></description>
		
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		<title>Energy Bills Drop, But Hidden Costs Rise in France</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 23:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[French households will finally see a small break on their utility bills this February —]]></description>
		
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		<title>Slovakia’s Fico Urges 5-Year EU Carbon Market Pause</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Slovakia’s Fico Urges Suspension of EU Carbon Market, Bratislava’s Bold Challenge to EU Green Policy]]></description>
		
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		<title>French Inflation Slows to 0.8% in December: Energy Prices Lead the Decline</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[French Inflation Cools to 0.8% in December 2025 Inflation in France eased to 0.8% year-over-year in]]></description>
		
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		<title>Senate Shifts Tax Burden From Electricity to Gas in 2026: What It Means for Your Energy Bills in France</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 14:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From 2026, French energy taxes will be rebalanced with lower taxes on electricity and higher]]></description>
		
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		<title>France’s Green Shift: What Environmental Policy Means for Your Daily Life</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2025/10/frances-green-shift-environmental-policy-means-daily-life/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As France goes greener, everything from heating and transport to food shopping is changing. Here’s]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chèque Energie: Charente Beneficiaries will Finally Receive Aid</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2025/10/cheque-energie-charente-beneficiaries-finally-receive-aid/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 17:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The chèque énergie will be distributed, for the Charente department, between the 1àth and 14th]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;Prices Remain Delirious&#8221;&#8230; In Spain, the Spectacular Drop in Inflation, Miracle or Mirage?</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/06/prices-remain-delirious-spain-spectacular-drop-inflation-miracle-mirage/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2023 07:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[COST OF LIVING: With inflation at just 3.2% in May, Spain is a good European]]></description>
		
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