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The fuel crisis is hitting small businesses in the French countryside.

Video. Small businesses in France bears brunt of energy crisis

Updated: 25/09/2026 - 15:03 GMT+2

In the Oise department, soaring energy prices driven by the war in Iran are hitting rural businesses hard, as they face rocketing bills for heating oil and diesel.

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