<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Alan Katz - Paris Bureau Chief]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alan Katz - Paris Bureau Chief]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AE90xk5Fsuc/alan-katz</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Alan Katz - Paris Bureau Chief</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AE90xk5Fsuc/alan-katz</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:33:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2026 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AE90xk5Fsuc/alan-katz.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[France to Offer Loans to Small Businesses Hit by Fuel Costs]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-04/france-to-offer-loans-to-small-businesses-hit-by-fuel-costs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-04/france-to-offer-loans-to-small-businesses-hit-by-fuel-costs</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Katz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:08:08 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i9dYb6FO0l7c/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i9dYb6FO0l7c/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Haulage trucks in the Transmarck Industrial Zone truck stop in Marck, France, on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. With Britain’s departure from the single market come a host of regulations and customs paperwork that threaten to gum up the free flow of trade and add costs for importers and exporters on both sides of the split.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bank of France Chief Says Country Must Continue Cutting Deficit]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-26/bank-of-france-chief-says-country-must-continue-cutting-deficit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-26/bank-of-france-chief-says-country-must-continue-cutting-deficit</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Katz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:26:28 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iyyPI6wZ0Mpg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iyyPI6wZ0Mpg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Governor of the Bank of France Francois Villeroy de Galhau</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lionel Jospin, French Prime Minister Under Chirac, Dies Aged 88]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-23/lionel-jospin-french-prime-minister-under-chirac-dies-aged-88</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-23/lionel-jospin-french-prime-minister-under-chirac-dies-aged-88</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gregory Viscusi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:07:15 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKNBBfWfqUj0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKNBBfWfqUj0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Lionel Jospin dans la manifestation pour l&apos;école laïque à Paris, France le 26 avril 1984. (Photo by Pool AVENTURIER-FRANCOLON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private Credit Blues Take Center Stage at Future of Finance Conference]]></title><description><![CDATA[Although France is far from the center of the private credit boom, it isn’t avoiding the blowback.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-03-13/private-credit-blues-take-center-stage-at-future-of-finance-conference</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-03-13/private-credit-blues-take-center-stage-at-future-of-finance-conference</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Katz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:19:45 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqxzYHHxdMcE/v4/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqxzYHHxdMcE/v4/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Francois Villeroy de Galhau, governor of the Bank of France, speaks at Bloomberg&apos;s Future of Finance conference in Paris, France, on Thursday, March 12, 2026. This year’s agenda tackles critical themes including the convergence of sustainable and defense investments, the rise of private markets as global power players, and the transformative impact of AI on finance. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[MAGA Meets Europe: Trump’s Envoys Rip Up Diplomatic Playbook]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-24/maga-meets-europe-trump-s-envoys-rip-up-diplomatic-playbook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-24/maga-meets-europe-trump-s-envoys-rip-up-diplomatic-playbook</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Ramsay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:07:35 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.FMcK5CLY7o/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.FMcK5CLY7o/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Bill White, Donald Trump’s ambassador to Brussels. Photographer: Jasper Jacobs/Belga/AFP/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Undiplomatic US Envoys Are Riling Their Hosts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Charles Kushner failed to appear when summoned by the French Foreign Ministry.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-02-24/trump-ambassadors-rile-european-hosts-kushner-ignores-summons</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-02-24/trump-ambassadors-rile-european-hosts-kushner-ignores-summons</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Katz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:59:08 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihu9e_vBBrW8/v6/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihu9e_vBBrW8/v6/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>US President Donald Trump, from left, Jared Kushner, former senior White House adviser, his children Theodore and Arabella, Ivanka Trump, former senior adviser to Donald Trump, Seryl Kushner, mother of Jared Kushner, and Charles Kushner, US ambassador to France, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Trump declined to say whether the US plans to join Israel&apos;s military offensive on Iran, and said Tehran had reached out about the possibility of negotiations. Photographer: Ken Cedeno/UPI/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eramet Terminates CEO Castellari’s Mandate After Less Than Year]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-01/eramet-terminates-ceo-castellari-s-mandate-after-less-than-year</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-01/eramet-terminates-ceo-castellari-s-mandate-after-less-than-year</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Katz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 22:03:30 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iC.QZsYQOTp4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iC.QZsYQOTp4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Newly appointed CEO of Eramet S.A. mining company Paulo Castellari attends an agreement signing event between France and Indonesia at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on May 28, 2025.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capgemini to Divest US Unit Criticized for Contracts With ICE]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-01/capgemini-to-divest-us-unit-criticized-for-contracts-with-ice</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-01/capgemini-to-divest-us-unit-criticized-for-contracts-with-ice</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Katz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 09:36:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[France Lowers Limit for Toxin in Baby Formula, May Spark Recalls]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-31/france-lowers-limit-for-toxin-in-baby-formula-may-spark-recalls</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-31/france-lowers-limit-for-toxin-in-baby-formula-may-spark-recalls</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Katz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 08:35:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[LVMH CEO Arnault Turns Gloomy About the Global Environment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Between geopolitical crises, economic uncertainty and taxes, the executive sees little room for optimism this year.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-01-30/lvmh-ceo-bernard-arnault-turns-gloomy-about-the-global-environment</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-01-30/lvmh-ceo-bernard-arnault-turns-gloomy-about-the-global-environment</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Katz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:00:16 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i9IJrAgm_glc/v4/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i9IJrAgm_glc/v4/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Bernard Arnault, billionaire and chairman of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, speaks at the LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE earnings news conference in Paris, France, on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. Arnault said the group faced a difficult operating environment and warned 2026 is unlikely to be straightforward, telling investors LVMH would limit spending this year as a result. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans Help Revive the Luxury Property Market in Paris]]></title><description><![CDATA[They were probably motivated by the political context in the US under Trump, real estate company Barnes says. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-01-23/americans-help-revive-the-luxury-property-market-in-paris</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-01-23/americans-help-revive-the-luxury-property-market-in-paris</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Katz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:49:18 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDckU6goEBH8/v4/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDckU6goEBH8/v4/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A luxury apartment in Paris that sold for €6.2 million: Barnes</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting the French Budget Through Will Be Messy -- Yet Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Lecornu will need to lean on the Socialists while also keeping the Republicans on his side.  ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-01-16/france-s-budget-process-set-to-be-a-messy-affair-yet-again</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-01-16/france-s-budget-process-set-to-be-a-messy-affair-yet-again</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Katz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:33:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iydb5Qf8iaJA/v4/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iydb5Qf8iaJA/v4/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Sebastien Lecornu, France&apos;s prime minister, during a wealth tax debate at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. France’s government remains opposed to a wealth tax put forward by the left even as Socialists maintain their threat to topple Lecornu if there is no significant increase in levies on the rich. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[French Premier’s Office Says Unable to Pass Budget Via Vote]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-15/french-premier-s-office-says-unable-to-pass-budget-via-vote</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-15/french-premier-s-office-says-unable-to-pass-budget-via-vote</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Katz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:43:51 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ilWs35vi1iYY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ilWs35vi1iYY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>France’s Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu delivers a speech during the debates on the two motions of no confidence regarding the EU-Mercosur agreement at the National Assembly, France’s lower house parliament, in Paris on Jan. 14.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Succession Drama Sheds Rare Light Into a French Drinks Empire]]></title><description><![CDATA[The case is more evidence that the best revelations at family companies come from infighting.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-01-09/french-succession-drama-sheds-rare-light-into-a-drinks-empire</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-01-09/french-succession-drama-sheds-rare-light-into-a-drinks-empire</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Katz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:41:19 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iudBkBSfhWno/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iudBkBSfhWno/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Pierre Castel Photographer: Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Santander Settles French Laundering Case for €22.5 Million]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-05/santander-settles-french-money-laundering-case-for-22-5-million</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-05/santander-settles-french-money-laundering-case-for-22-5-million</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Katz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:12:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Louvre Jewel Heist’s Suspected Fourth Crew Member Charged]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-28/louvre-jewel-heist-s-suspected-fourth-crew-member-charged</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-28/louvre-jewel-heist-s-suspected-fourth-crew-member-charged</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Katz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:40:08 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqhNLWKaDEz8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqhNLWKaDEz8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>French police officers stand next to a furniture elevator used by robbers to enter the Louvre Museum in Paris on Oct. 19.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Men Arrested in Louvre Heist to Be Charged; Jewels Not Found]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-29/two-men-arrested-in-louvre-to-be-charged-jewels-not-yet-found</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-29/two-men-arrested-in-louvre-to-be-charged-jewels-not-yet-found</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Benoit Berthelot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 16:57:29 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i45_vOGdeQLA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i45_vOGdeQLA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 19: French Police officers seal off the entrance to the Louvre Museum after a Jewllery Heist on October 19, 2025 in Paris, France. France&apos;s Culture Minister, Rachida Dati, announced the closure of the world-famous art museum on X due to the robbery taking place just after the Louvre opened to the public. It is being reported that millions of pound with of historic jewellery belonging to Napoleon and Empress Josephine has been stolen. (Photo by Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bouygues-Led Group Makes €17 Billion Bid for Drahi’s SFR]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-14/bouygues-led-consortium-offers-to-buy-most-altice-sfr-assets-mgqx6dqc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-14/bouygues-led-consortium-offers-to-buy-most-altice-sfr-assets-mgqx6dqc</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Benoit Berthelot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:52:51 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8Hn8n242p7E/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8Hn8n242p7E/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An SFR mobile phone and telecom store in Paris.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Renault Considering Cutting Up to 3,000 Jobs: l’Informe]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-04/renault-considering-cutting-up-to-3-000-jobs-l-informe-reports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-04/renault-considering-cutting-up-to-3-000-jobs-l-informe-reports</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Katz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2025 08:29:37 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGHuKniIIm.k/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGHuKniIIm.k/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Workers with a Renault SA Kwid compact vehicle at the Renault-Sofasa Envigado assembly plant in Medellin, Colombia, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. Following a $100 million investment to modernize the Envigado plant, Renault-Sofasa is launching the Colombian-made Kwid to meet domestic market demand and export to 15 Latin American countries.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[French Air Traffic Controllers Union Cancels Three-Day Strike]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-04/french-air-traffic-controllers-union-cancels-three-day-strike</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-04/french-air-traffic-controllers-union-cancels-three-day-strike</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Katz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2025 07:33:35 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>