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		<title>France’s Factory Crisis Deepens in 2025</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[France’s Industrial Crisis: Why Factory Closures Are Surging France’s industrial sector is under growing pressure,]]></description>
		
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		<title>Brandt’s Final Chapter: Iconic French Appliance Brand Sold</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Brandt’s Final Chapter: Iconic French Appliance Brand Sold for €18.6M One of France’s most historic]]></description>
		
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		<title>France Pushes for 30% EU Tariffs on Chinese Imports</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[France Calls for 30% EU Tariffs on Chinese Imports Europe’s industrial sector, once a proud]]></description>
		
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		<title>France’s Industrial Decline: Why Factory Closures Are Surging</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<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>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>Eurozone Manufacturing Slumps to Nine-Month Low as German Woes Deepen Industrial Slowdown</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Eurozone Manufacturing Faces Sharp Downturn The eurozone’s manufacturing sector ended 2025 on a weak note,]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Brandt Household Appliances Group Placed in Liquidation, 700 Jobs Lost</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The courts declared this Thursday the liquidation of the century-old household appliances group Brandt, leading]]></description>
		
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		<title>Electric and Hybrid Cars Dominate France&#8217;s 2025 Auto Market: Thermals Collapse as EVs Hit Record 26%</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 11:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In November 2025, electric cars reached a record 26% market share in France, boosted by]]></description>
		
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		<title>Brussels Considers Easing 2035 Ban on Thermal Engine Cars Under EU Auto Industry Pressure</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 22:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The EU contemplates softening the 2035 ban on new thermal engine vehicles amid German industry]]></description>
		
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		<title>Merz Backs Bold EU Steel Tariff Plan to Protect Germany&#8217;s Steel Industry</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 21:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Discover how German Chancellor Friedrich Merz endorses the EU&#8217;s new tough tariff measures aimed at]]></description>
		
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