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            <title><![CDATA[Macron Says Europe Needs to Stand Up to Trump on Trade and Tech]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:50:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Set to Halt US Trade Deal Over Trump’s New Tariff Threat]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 20:26:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Merz Lobbies Belgium to Back EU Jumbo Loan Plan for Ukraine]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:49:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Europe Watches Which Way Dutch Voters Will Go in Election]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Signs point to more centrist groups dominating the next governing alliance.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[French Premier Lecornu to Propose Suspending Pension Reform Law]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 13:27:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[French Prime Minister Lecornu Has Resigned After Cabinet Panned]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 07:45:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Macron Appoints Roland Lescure as French Finance Minister]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 17:43:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Parliament Chief Expects Lawmakers to Approve US Trade Deal]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:21:54 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Roberta Metsola, president of European Parliament, during the Bloomberg Philanthropies 2025 Global Business Forum in New York, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. The forum will bring together heads of state, CEOs, and global leaders to chart what comes next for global cooperation and how to deliver real-world impact.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Macron Vows Retaliation If Europe’s Digital Sovereignty Attacked]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:51:49 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Emmanuel Macron, France&apos;s president, during a multilateral meeting with European leaders in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed optimism their summit with European leaders could result in trilateral talks with Vladimir Putin over ending the Russian leader&apos;s war in Ukraine.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU-US Trade Deal: What’s Actually Been Agreed, and Is Trump the Winner?]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 07:19:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Europe’s Far Right Blasts Trump Trade Deal as Support Wavers]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:56:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Leaders Defend US Deal as German Industry Voices Concerns]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 09:56:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Ursula von der Leyen shakes hands with President Donald Trump in Turnberry, Scotland, on July 27.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump, EU’s Von Der Leyen Cite Conflicting Details on Trade Deal]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 20:35:25 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meet at Trump Turnberry golf club in Scotland on July 27, 2025.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dutch Prime Minister to Resign, Continue in Caretaker Government]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 13:42:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Trade Chief Discussed Parameters to Lower Tariffs With US]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Needs Surge for Defense From Russia, Von Der Leyen Says]]></title>
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                <media:description>Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, during a news conference following a special European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday, March 6, 2025. European Union leaders urged a revolutionary change to rebuild military infrastructure after decades of neglect and create a brand new security architecture in order to counter Russia.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hit Back or Hunker Down? The Dilemma of Responding to US Tariffs]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:36:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Says It Will Impose Countermeasures Against US Tariffs]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 08:23:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[German Parliament Clears the Way for Early Election in February]]></title>
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                <media:description>Olaf Scholz arrives for a vote of confidence at the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, on Dec. 16. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Macron Names Centrist Bayrou to Be New French Prime Minister]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:45:56 GMT</pubDate>
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