By Susan Mathew (Reuters) -European shares fell on Monday, with French and German stocks losing up to 1% each, as alarmingly weak economic data from China fanned global recession fears. China’s April retail sales plunged 11.1%, almost twice the fall forecast, while industrial output dropped 2.9% when analysts had looked for a slight increase, adding to fears that the world’s second-biggest economy could contract this quarter amid COVID-19 lockdowns. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.4% by 0801 GMT, after posting its first weekly gain in five on Friday. German and French benchmark indexes…