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		<title>Europe’s New Energy Crisis Explained</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/03/europe-energy-crisis-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Europe Faces a New Energy Shock It Can’t Easily Absorb Europe is once again staring]]></description>
		
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		<title>France Fights to Block EU-Mercosur Trade Deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 05:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[EU leaders have hailed the Mercosur trade deal as a milestone in global cooperation, but]]></description>
		
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		<title>Farmers Across France Protest Mercosur Deal by Removing the EU Flag</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/01/farmers-remove-eu-flag-protest-mercosur-deal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 05:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Farmers Across France Protest Mercosur Deal by Removing the EU Flag Across rural France, a]]></description>
		
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		<title>From Two to Five Euros: The Senate Wants to Increase the Tax on Small Packages</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2025/12/two-five-euros-senate-wants-increase-tax-small-packages/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 06:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On the 1st December 2025, senators voted to increase from two to five euros the]]></description>
		
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		<title>French MPs Unite Against EU–Mercosur Trade Deal After 25 Years of Talks</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The French National Assembly has unanimously rejected the EU–Mercosur trade agreement, ramping up political pressure]]></description>
		
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		<title>France’s Persistent Red Lines on Mercosur</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2025/11/france-mercosur-opposition-safeguard-clauses/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 10:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[France maintains strong opposition to the EU-Mercosur deal, insisting on strict safeguard clauses and equal]]></description>
		
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		<title>Change in your Bank Transfers from this Thursday</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2025/10/change-bank-transfers-thursday/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: As part of a European measure, a service for verifying]]></description>
		
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		<title>Riots: For Thierry Breton, &#8220;Social Media Networks Have not Done Enough&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/07/riots-thierry-breton-social-media-networks-done-enough/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 09:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From August 25th, social media platforms will have to comply with European law. Invited to]]></description>
		
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		<title>Covid-19: EU Calls for Systematic Testing of Travellers from China</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/01/covid-19-eu-calls-for-systematic-testing-of-travellers-from-china/</link>
					<comments>https://chb44.com/2023/01/covid-19-eu-calls-for-systematic-testing-of-travellers-from-china/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 19:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[TENSION: The “overwhelming majority” of EU countries voted on Tuesday in favour of systematic Covid-19 tests]]></description>
		
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		<title>Vaccination: Pfizer and Moderna have Increased the Price of their Vaccine for the EU, Reveals the &#8220;Financial Times&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2021/08/vaccination-pfizer-moderna-increased-price-vaccine-eu-reveals-financial-times/</link>
					<comments>https://chb44.com/2021/08/vaccination-pfizer-moderna-increased-price-vaccine-eu-reveals-financial-times/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 07:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BUSINESS: The Pfizer vaccine goes from 15.5 euros to 19.5 euros and that of Moderna from]]></description>
		
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