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	<title>Crikey &#187; Nicolas Sarkozy</title>
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		<title>Sarkozy far from a cert for French presidency</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2012/01/14/betting-against-president-sarkozy-in-france/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2012/01/14/betting-against-president-sarkozy-in-france/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2012 France election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Strong showings in recent opinion polls by the French far-right National Front suggest that Nicolas Sarkozy is far from a certainty to make the final run-off election for the French presidency, writes <b>Richard Farmer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Kohler: did you hear the one about the bond market?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/13/kohler-did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-bond-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/13/kohler-did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-bond-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greece default]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mario draghi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=268392</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Up to January, the European Central Bank lent European private banks about €500 billion at 1% interest.]]></description>
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		<title>The race against a Greek debt clock</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/10/the-race-against-a-greek-debt-clock/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/10/the-race-against-a-greek-debt-clock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Maley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greece bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greece economic crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Investors are growing increasingly worried about a looming Greek debt default, as the country’s deepening recession means lenders are being asked to agree to even steeper write-offs.]]></description>
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		<title>No mad shopping spree for Aussies</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/09/no-mad-shopping-spree-for-aussies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/09/no-mad-shopping-spree-for-aussies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Corp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail sales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australians certainly did not go on an early pre-Christmas shopping spree.]]></description>
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		<title>Maley: a taste of French ratings fear</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/19/maley-a-taste-of-french-ratings-fear/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/19/maley-a-taste-of-french-ratings-fear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Maley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265854</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are France’s political leaders softening up voters for an imminent loss of the country’s precious triple-A rating? That was certainly the impression last week...]]></description>
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		<title>UK-less Europe fights the next war &#8212; pity about the current one</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/12/uk-less-europe-fights-the-next-war-pity-about-the-current-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/12/uk-less-europe-fights-the-next-war-pity-about-the-current-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European financial crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264593</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Europe's fiscal compact will address the next financial crisis, but leave the current one to get worse and worse. And the Brits have played themselves out of Europe.]]></description>
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		<title>Cameron&#8217;s bulldog image in danger of losing its balls</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/rundle-camerons-bulldog-image-in-danger-of-losing-its-balls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/rundle-camerons-bulldog-image-in-danger-of-losing-its-balls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[europe crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264033</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The problem for Cameron is that he's dealing with a triple crisis -- party, country and Europe -- while his enemies have only one aim, to make the Tories over as a euro sceptic outfit.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rundle: Europe re-engineered on the run, but don&#8217;t mention the war</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/rundle-europe-re-engineered-on-the-run-but-dont-mention-the-war/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/rundle-europe-re-engineered-on-the-run-but-dont-mention-the-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[europe crisis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263864</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is extraordinary, unprecedented, the European project that everyone was so solemn about being re-engineered on the run like, well, like the dodgy banks that put us in this mess in the first place.]]></description>
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		<title>Merkozy plan means more referendums</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/12/06/another-franco-german-plan-another-round-of-referendums-or-two/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/12/06/another-franco-german-plan-another-round-of-referendums-or-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Merkozy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263762</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past, the ratification of EU treaties by individual states has often been a timely and frustrating process. The new "Merkozy" plan will be no different, writes <b>Keshia Jacotine</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>S&amp;P rating cut warning to bring EU, eurozone back to reality</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/06/sp-rating-cut-warning-to-bring-eu-eurozone-back-to-reality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/06/sp-rating-cut-warning-to-bring-eu-eurozone-back-to-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fitch ratings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moody's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263544</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[S&#38;P later today will warn that Germany and the five other triple A members of the eurozone risk losing AAA ratings because of the deepening economic and political crisis in the zone.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Merkozy bands together to save the euro</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/06/merkozy-bands-together-to-save-the-euro/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/06/merkozy-bands-together-to-save-the-euro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European debt crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eurozone crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled their joint plan for strict debt discipline guidelines to help save the troubled currency.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maley: ducking Merkozy&#8217;s heavy hand</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/14/maley-ducking-merkozys-heavy-hand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/14/maley-ducking-merkozys-heavy-hand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Maley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european central bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[italy economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucas Papademos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mario Monti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silvio Berlusconi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=258950</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is Europe getting fed up with Merkozy -- as the cosy duo of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel has come to be known?]]></description>
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		<title>Rundle: why Europe is trapped in the death spiral</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/08/rundle-why-europe-is-trapped-in-the-death-spiral/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/08/rundle-why-europe-is-trapped-in-the-death-spiral/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[eurozone banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eurozone crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Papandreou]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greece bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[italy economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silvio Berlusconi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=257725</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the end, it all depends on Greece. If that can be held together, Italy can be stabilised, and so on. If not, it all goes, and before Christmas.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Even Izzy Dye can run Greece as long as there&#8217;s a vote</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/04/rundle-even-izzy-dye-can-run-greece-as-long-as-theres-a-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/04/rundle-even-izzy-dye-can-run-greece-as-long-as-theres-a-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[George Papandreou]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silvio Berlusconi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=257040</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Greece, the eurozone, the EU and the G20 were in crisis yesterday, as Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou lost the support of his deputy PM, five members of his cabinet, and several Pasok MPs, leaving the entire country, and the continent, in a state of disarray.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Eurozone&#8217;s Halloween treat: a confection of silver linings and hot air</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/28/eurozones-halloween-treat-a-confection-of-silver-linings-and-hot-air/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/28/eurozones-halloween-treat-a-confection-of-silver-linings-and-hot-air/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european central bank]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=255605</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The markets have seized on the latest European deal with relief. But it's another confection, and a humiliating one at that, write <b>Glenn Dyer</b> and <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maley: no more Italian dolce vita</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/27/maley-no-more-italian-dolce-vita/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/27/maley-no-more-italian-dolce-vita/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Maley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Portugal economy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=255325</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As European leaders gathered in Brussels overnight in yet another attempt to stem the region’s worsening debt crisis, attention was focused on the key role that two Italians are now playing. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Europe and how a colony on the moon can save it</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/26/rundle-europe-and-how-a-colony-on-the-moon-can-save-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/26/rundle-europe-and-how-a-colony-on-the-moon-can-save-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[italy economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portugal economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silvio Berlusconi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spain economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=255075</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Europe is on the brink -- and it's a measure of how fast-moving the crisis is that I must add the phrase "at time of writing".]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Euro bailout deal in doubt</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/26/euro-bailout-deal-in-doubt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/26/euro-bailout-deal-in-doubt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=255054</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: The cancellation of a much-hyped meeting between European Union finance ministers in Brussels today, where it was hoped leaders would finally bang out a clear plan to solve the debt crisis, sent share markets tumbling.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maley: the EU debt clock ticks down</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/20/maley-the-eu-debt-clock-ticks-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/20/maley-the-eu-debt-clock-ticks-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Maley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european central bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lehman brothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=253863</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With time fast running out, German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Nicolas Sarkozy again held emergency talks overnight in an attempt to settle their differences before Sunday’s crucial summit of European political chiefs.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>French Socialists pick a candidate &#8212; now for the hard part</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/17/french-socialists-pick-a-candidate-now-for-the-hard-part/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/17/french-socialists-pick-a-candidate-now-for-the-hard-part/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[france election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=253140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[François Hollande is off to a good start, but there's a long way to go.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: surrounded by Europe&#8217;s standing armies</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/12/kohler-surrounded-by-europes-standing-armies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/12/kohler-surrounded-by-europes-standing-armies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Greenspan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citibank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european central bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greece bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandy Weill]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=252228</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson definitely got it right 200 years ago when he warned that banks are more dangerous than standing armies.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maley: doubt on Merkel&#8217;s recapitalisation plans</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/10/maley-doubt-on-merkels-recapitalisation-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/10/maley-doubt-on-merkels-recapitalisation-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Maley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=251684</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Those hoping last week’s rally will carry through into this week will be somewhat disappointed that plans for a massive recapitalisation of the fragile European banking sector remain extremely hazy, writes <b>Karen Maley</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>For &#8216;dull&#8217; Hollande, it&#8217;s &#8216;game over&#8217; in French presidential race</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/07/for-dull-hollande-its-game-over-in-french-presidential-race/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/07/for-dull-hollande-its-game-over-in-french-presidential-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France presidential race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=251523</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite the misadventures of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, hopes are high in France's Socialist Party as its voters go to the polls on Sunday to choose a candidate for next year's presidential election to run against centre-right incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sarkozy&#8217;s government war on the internet</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/27/crikey-says-a-government-war-on-the-internet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/27/crikey-says-a-government-war-on-the-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 03:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet filter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=225646</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So as Europe teeters on the brink of another financial crisis, and the US economy struggles to recover amid staggering levels of government debt, what is Nicolas Sarkozy's priority for the G8 meeting in Deauville?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Oh la la, IMF chief &#8212; and future French prez &#8212; in rape scandal</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/16/ooh-la-la-imf-chief-and-future-french-prez-in-r-pe-scandal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/16/ooh-la-la-imf-chief-and-future-french-prez-in-r-pe-scandal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 02:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominique Strauss Kahn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominique Strauss-Kahn s-x assault case]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=223327</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sex and French politics go together like croissants and coffee. But the latest scandal, an alleged sexual assault against a New York hotel maid by IMF chief and French presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn, leaves a far nastier taste.]]></description>
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