<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"><title>HotAir</title><link>https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2013/07/15/winning-economically-troubled-france-doubles-down-on-fracking-ban/feed/</link><description>HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:05:27 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>Winning: Economically struggling France doubles down on fracking ban</title><description>&lt;![CDATA[Socialist French President Francois Hollande would like you to know that, despite his country&amp;#8217;s record-high unemployment and the two most recent quarters of negative GDP growth, their economy is doing just fine, thank you very much. Really, his attempts to fix France&amp;#8217;s ailing economy and poor business climate &amp;#8212; almost exclusively with tactics straight out of the big-government, Keynesian stimulus, socialist soak-the-rich playbook, I might add &amp;#8212; are just about to turn things around, you&amp;#8217;ll see:]]&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2013 20:41:34 -0400</pubDate><creator xmlns="dc">&lt;![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]&gt;</creator><enclosure url="" type="image/jpeg" length="123" /><link>https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2013/07/15/winning-economically-troubled-france-doubles-down-on-fracking-ban-n208263</link></item></channel></rss>