<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
         xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
         xmlns:syn="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
         xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/">




    



<channel rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/europe/france/aggregator/RSS">
  <title>France and the EU</title>
  <link>http://www.eubusiness.com</link>
  
  <description>
    
       Latest business news about France and the European Union.
       
  </description>
  
  
  
            <syn:updatePeriod>daily</syn:updatePeriod>
            <syn:updateFrequency>1</syn:updateFrequency>
            <syn:updateBase>2007-01-02T13:25:17Z</syn:updateBase>
        
  
  <image rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/logo.jpg"/>

  <items>
    <rdf:Seq>
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.goq"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/eurozone-public.goh"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.go7"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.gnj"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-france-spain.gni"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-france-spain.gne"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.gnd"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.gnb"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.gm7"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.glz"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/france-germany.glx"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/serbia-vote-france.glu"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/g8-summit-finance.gl2"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.gjw"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.giz"/>
        
    </rdf:Seq>
  </items>

</channel>

    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.goq">        <title>Europe's odd couple sets off on right foot</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.goq</link>        <description>Europe's odd couple, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Socialist
French President Francois Hollande, may be poles apart but their first
double act appeared to set off on the right foot.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>FOCUS</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>summit</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Germany</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>politics</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-24T14:53:27Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/eurozone-public.goh">        <title>Germany insists no eurobonds now, France sees wiggle room</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/eurozone-public.goh</link>        <description>The controversial sale of common eurozone bonds to raise fresh debt
funding would not stabilise the single currency bloc and only benefit
spendthrift member states, a senior German official said Thursday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>eurozone</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>bonds</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Germany</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-24T13:29:49Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.go7">        <title>Hollande stole Merkel's show, German press says</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.go7</link>        <description>New French President Francois Hollande upstaged German Chancellor Angela Merkel at his debut European Union summit by making eurobonds the defining issue, German newspapers said Thursday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>summit</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Germany</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>press</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-24T09:34:12Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.gnj">        <title>Hollande calls for immediate action to boost EU growth</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.gnj</link>        <description>French President Francois Hollande stressed the importance of immediate
action to bolster output in the debt-stricken eurozone Wednesday, as he
arrived for an EU summit dedicated to growth.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>summit</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-23T21:42:21Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-france-spain.gni">        <title>Cost-cutting Spanish, French leaders take train to summit</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-france-spain.gni</link>        <description>French President Francois Hollande and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano
Rajoy jumped on a train to travel from Paris to Brussels for an EU
summit on Wednesday, their entourages told AFP.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>summit</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Spain</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>transport</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>rail</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-23T16:02:02Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-france-spain.gne">        <title>Cost-cutting Spanish, French leaders take train to summit</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-france-spain.gne</link>        <description>French President Francois Hollande and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano
Rajoy jumped on a train to travel from Paris to Brussels for an EU
summit on Wednesday, their entourages told AFP.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>rail</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>summit</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Spain</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>transport</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-23T15:19:22Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.gnd">        <title>More debt haircuts needed: French presidential advisor</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.gnd</link>        <description>Greece and other southern European states will need new so-called debt "haircuts"
or write-offs, Philippe Aghion, an advisor to French President Francois
Hollande, said on Wednesday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Greece</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-23T15:19:15Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.gnb">        <title>Hollande says he will do all so Greece stays in euro</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.gnb</link>        <description>French President Francois Hollande said Wednesday he would do everything to keep debt-hit Greece in the eurozone after talks with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>eurozone</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Greece</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Spain</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-23T15:19:58Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.gm7">        <title>French finance chief warns against Greek euro exit</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.gm7</link>        <description>Greece's exit from the eurozone risks causing an "unpredictable" spread of the debt crisis, a scenario which France will work to avoid at all cost, French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said Tuesday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Germany</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Greece</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-22T09:27:41Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.glz">        <title>Paris, Berlin vow to 'do everything' to keep Greece in euro</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.glz</link>        <description>Germany and France pledged on Monday to do whatever is necessary to keep
Greece in the euro fold, as political turmoil in the debt-wracked
country threatens to force it out of the club.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Germany</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-21T21:59:41Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/france-germany.glx">        <title>French minister takes up German on eve of Berlin trip</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/france-germany.glx</link>        <description>France's new European affairs minister admitted Monday he had left it
late to start learning German -- beginning the day before an official
trip to Berlin -- but still managed to squeeze out a few words.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Germany</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-21T14:27:05Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/serbia-vote-france.glu">        <title>France urges new Serbia leader to pursue reforms</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/serbia-vote-france.glu</link>        <description>France on Monday urged Serbia's nationalist president-elect Tomislav
Nikolic to push ahead with internal reforms to bring the nation closer
to the European Union.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Serbia</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>vote</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-21T11:42:02Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/g8-summit-finance.gl2">        <title>US, France forge growth position heading into G8</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/g8-summit-finance.gl2</link>        <description>The United States and France firmly agreed on the need for strong pro-growth policies to loosen an austerity straitjacket Friday, ahead of a G8 summit darkened by the eurozone crisis.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>summit</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Headline</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>US</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>G8</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>growth</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>euro</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-18T21:30:31Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.gjw">        <title>France will not ratify EU fiscal pact without growth element</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.gjw</link>        <description>New French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici reiterated Thursday that
Paris would not ratify the EU's budget discipline pact if the document
does not include measures to boost growth.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>pact</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-17T08:39:10Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.giz">        <title>Merkel, Hollande agree on aim to keep Greece in euro</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.giz</link>        <description>Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Francois Hollande Tuesday stressed a shared desire to keep Greece in the eurozone, with the new French president adding that all options must be kept open in confronting the crisis.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>diplomacy</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Germany</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Greece</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-15T21:55:25Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>




</rdf:RDF>

