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23.11.25 - 15:00
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French winemakers ′battle for survival′ as minister prepares for crisis talks (The Guardian)
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Vineyard owners say sales slump, Trump tariffs and worst harvest in 70 years have put producers in danger of closureFrench winemakers are often accused of viewing the glass as half empty. Dire warnings about the state of the sector – one of the three pillars of the country's economy – are a hardy perennial blamed on everything from geopolitics to a drop in the number of drinkers.Before a crisis meeting with the agriculture minister on Monday, vineyard owners say an unprecedented series of setbacks, including some of the worst harvests in 70 years, has left many of them on their last legs. Continue reading......
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23.11.25 - 10:54
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Neue Regionalzüge fahren bald nach Frankreich (DPA-AFX)
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STRASSBURG/STUTTGART (dpa-AFX) - Nach mehreren Verzögerungen können Bahnreisende zwischen Ostfrankreich und Deutschland bald auf erhebliche Verbesserungen hoffen. Vom kommenden Frühjahr an sollen neu beschaffte moderne Regionalzüge schrittweise auf allen ......
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22.11.25 - 14:03
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French General: We Must Be Ready To ′Lose Our Children′ In War With Russia (ZeroHedge)
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French General: We Must Be Ready To 'Lose Our Children' In War With Russia
Via The Libertarian Institute
The head of the French armed forces said his country must be prepared to send its children to die in a war with Russia. "Russia is convinced that the Europeans are weak. However, we are strong, fundamentally stronger than Russia," Chief of the French Defense Staff General Fabien Mandon said. "We have all the knowledge, all the economic and demographic strength to dissuade Moscow's regime. What we are lacking, and that is where you have a major role, is the strength of soul to accept pain to protect what we are."
He added, "If our country is weak because it is not ready to accept losing its children — because it's better to say things clearly — [and] to suffer economically because the priority will be the defense sector, then we are at risk."
General Fabien Mandon, via Zuma Press
He made the remarks earlier this week at the congress of the Associatio...
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22.11.25 - 13:18
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′The French people want to save us′: help pours in for glassmaker Duralex (The Guardian)
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The brand, which evokes nostalgia and pride, hit its €5m fundraising target within hours and orders have soaredDrop a Duralex glass and it will most likely bounce, not break. The French company itself has tumbled several times in the past two decades and always bounced back, but never quite as spectacularly as when, earlier this month, it asked the public for money.An appeal for €5m (£4.4m) of emergency funding to secure the immediate future of the glassworks took just five hours and 40 minutes to reach its target. Within 48 hours, the total amount pledged had topped €19m. Continue reading......
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21.11.25 - 12:30
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Einkaufsmanager im Euroraum: Erholung mit Schieflage (DZ Bank)
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Die Wirtschaft in der Eurozone hält dank des Dienstleistungssektors Kurs, die Industrie bremst. Während Deutschlands Konjunktur abkühlt, nähert sich Frankreich der Expansion. Die Kosten steigen, der Preisdruck bleibt jedoch gedämpft...
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21.11.25 - 12:18
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French Manufacturing Confidence Falls In November (AFX)
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PARIS (dpa-AFX) - French manufacturing confidence weakened in November after strengthening in the previous month, data from the statistical office INSEE showed on Friday.The manufacturing confiden......
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21.11.25 - 10:24
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French Private Sector Activity Broadly Stabilizes (AFX)
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PARIS (dpa-AFX) - France's private sector economy broadly stabilized in November driven by a fresh rise in services activity, flash survey results from S&P Global revealed on Friday.The HCOB compo......
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