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		<title>EU Unlocks €40 Million Lifeline for France’s Wine Industry</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/02/eu-support-french-wine-crisis-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 09:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The EU releases €40 million to rescue France’s struggling wine sector amid plunging exports, overproduction,]]></description>
		
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		<title>Aviation: In the absence of an alternative, European Companies Want a Deadline to do Without Non-Fossil Fuels</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 10:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[No solution: Major European airlines are threatening to ask for a &#8220;delay&#8221; in the face]]></description>
		
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		<title>EU Commission Endorses Mercosur Deal Despite French Reservations</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 15:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The EU has signed off on a landmark trade agreement with Mercosur nations, introducing new]]></description>
		
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		<title>How Europe is Trying to Fight Online Hatred and Disinformation with its &#8220;Digital Services Act&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2020/12/europe-trying-fight-online-hatred-disinformation-digital-services-act/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 08:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SOCIAL NETWORKS: With the &#8220;Digital Services Act&#8221;, the new European legislation will impose on all platforms]]></description>
		
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		<title>Coronavirus: Greece Hopes to Receive a Vaccine by December</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2020 11:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[COVID-19: The European Commission has reached an agreement with the pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca, &#8220;to acquire a]]></description>
		
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		<title>Organic Farming: Europe Wants to Authorise Pesticides and Reduce Quality Controls in the Sector</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[HEALTH: The European Agricultural Council plans to soften the standards and even authorise, in certain cases,]]></description>
		
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		<title>Coronavirus: No Suspension of the Schengen Area envisaged by the European Commission</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2020/02/coronavirus-no-suspension-schengen-area-envisaged-european-commission/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 10:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Faced with the outbreak of the new coronavirus in Italy, any re-establishment of border controls]]></description>
		
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		<title>Brexit: Ursula von der Leyen &#8220;Worried&#8221; about the Short Time for Negotiations</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2019/12/brexit-ursula-von-der-leyen-worried-short-time-negotiations/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2019 07:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, says that not all of the]]></description>
		
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		<title>Competition: The European Union Opens an Investigation into a Possible Collusion between Casino and Intermarché</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2019/11/competition-european-union-opens-investigation-possible-collusion-casino-intermarche/</link>
					<comments>https://chb44.com/2019/11/competition-european-union-opens-investigation-possible-collusion-casino-intermarche/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2019 13:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PRICES: Casino and Intermarché, which created a central purchasing office in November 2014, are suspected of]]></description>
		
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		<title>Brexit: European Commission Warns of Possible Failure of Negotiations</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2018/07/brexit-european-commission-warns-of-possible-failure-of-negotiations/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 11:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[EU executive publishes a text on Thursday urging member states and companies to prepare for]]></description>
		
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