Brexit boosts applications for French Nationality

The Imminence of Brexit has Boosted British Naturalisation in Occitanie

SOCIETY: In the region of Occitanie, land of many British adoption, requests to obtain French nationality have greatly increased for three years Since the June 23, 2016 referendum in favor of Brexit, many British nationals have decided to take French nationality. In the South West, the land of many “British” adoption, the demands have doubled in […]

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33.700 yellow vests demonstrators according to the Minister of the Interior

Act 20 Yellow Vests: 33,700 Demonstrators According to the Interior, clashes in Paris and Regions

Act 20 Yellow Vests gathered 33,700 people in France, according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior. Demonstrations rather calm, enamelled of some clashes The Yellow Vests paraded by the thousands on their twentieth consecutive Saturday despite the bans to demonstrate to avoid violence . Around 7.30pm, the Ministry of the Interior announced the figures of participation:  33,700 demonstrators in France , including […]

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Banks call to the end of violence towards their branches

Demonstrations: Banks Call for an End to Violence Against their Branches

French banks call for the cessation of violence that have already targeted several hundred of their branches on the sidelines of the days of mobilisation of “yellow vests” in a forum published Saturday in Le Monde. “It is time, for all, to condemn the acts committed against the banks,” pleaded the six members of the Executive […]

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Change to Summer Time in France this Sunday

Change to Summer Time Sunday Morning. “Attention, at 2am it will be 3am” … Except in Overseas Dpartments

And here is the summer time. This Sunday 31st March, at 2 o’clock in the morning, it will be 3 o’clock. Translate: it will advance our watches, clocks and alarms an hour. Understand: we will lose an hour of sleep – but gain an hour of light for summer evenings that we imagine already beautiful, necessarily. All of this, […]

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What to expect from Act 20 Yellow Vests

Prohibited Demonstrations, Strong Police Presence … What to Expect for Act 20 Yellow Vests?

Act 20 Yellow Vests starts Saturday 30th March, 2019. Despite prohibitions to demonstrate, especially on the Champs-Elysees, law enforcement fear clashes. The ” yellow vests “, indifferent to the national debate that plays extra time, rally Saturday, March 30, 2019 for their twentieth day of mobilisation despite the prohibition to demonstrate in the face of fear of new clashes. […]

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Road deaths increased by 17.1% in February 2019

Road safety: A Sharp Rise in the Number of Road Deaths in February 2019

Road Safety has released its latest figures for February 2019, with 253 road deaths, an increase of 17.1%. The number of road deaths on the roads of France has jumped, according to figures published by Road Safety with 253 people having died on the roads in February 2019, against 216 in February 2018, an increase of 17.1% […]

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The return of 90km/h speed limit on certain roads

Speed ​​at 80 km/h: A First Victory for Opponents with the Senate Amendment

An amendment voted by the Senate opens the door for a return to 90 km/h speed limit on certain roads. A first step towards a return to the 90 km/h speed limit on certain roads? The Senate has just passed an amendment allowing local officials to set the maximum speed limit on secondary roads. This amendment gives competence to the […]

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Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu, at the exit of the Palais de l'Elysées, September 20, 2019.

Penalise Clubs for Homophobic and Racist Songs: Possible but Not Enough

Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu has reopened an old debate this weekend by “judging inadmissible” the songs heard during the last clasico “PSG-OM” in Paris. Should football clubs be penalised when tribunes play homophobic or racist songs? In France, sanctions are theoretically possible but very little applied and actors also plead for the dialogue and awareness of supporters. Sports Minister […]

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France beat Iceland in their Euro 2020 Qualifier match

Euro 2020 Qualifications: Giroud and Les Bleus Outperform Iceland

France has confirmed its good debut in the Euro 2020 qualifiers by crushing Iceland (4-0) on Monday (March 25th), topping Group H with Turkey. They have put the forms: les Bleus have confirmed their very good debut in Euro 2020 qualifying by slamming Iceland 4-0 , Monday, March 25, 2019 at the Stade de France. And Olivier Giroud, third best scorer in […]

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Eurostar passengers are the first victims of Brexit, due to strike action

Brexit: Eurostar Passengers, the First Victims of the French Customs Strike

WAITING: Some Eurostar passengers have had to wait six hours before being able to board the train While French customs officers, who demand additional resources for the Brexit, continue their zeal strike , passengers of the Eurostar are the first to suffer the consequences, with queues lengthened by several hours, reveals BFMTV , this Monday. En raison de la grève du […]

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