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WEBUp-to-date information on what is happening in France for Britons and Americans, including strikes, new rules, crime, politics, elections and Paris Olympics.
RSA: What is France’s back-to-work social benefit and who is …
WEBFeb 15, 2022 · The Revenu de solidarité active (RSA) is a government aid aimed at unemployed and underemployed people to encourage them to find work or increased income. Around 34% of people eligible for the aid in France did not claim it in 2018, a study published on February 11 shows. This equates to around €750million in aid unclaimed.
Buying and selling a home in France: What is the viager system?
WEBJan 24, 2024 · France has an unusual way of buying and selling a home based on estimates of the seller’s life expectancy. In many cases it is the only realistic way for homeowners to release equity from their property. En viager in English means ‘for the lifetime.’. This type of home sale in France can offer the chance of a …
What is the origin of France’s motto ‘Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité’?
WEBApr 19, 2023 · In 1793, some Parisians – and soon people from all over France – painted an expanded slogan of Unité, indivisibilité de la République; liberté égalité fraternité ou la mort ! (Unity, the indivisibility of the Republic; liberty, equality, brotherhood or death!) across houses and walls. The phrase itself was not the only Revolutionary ...
What does ‘de’ mean in a French surname: Is it a sign of nobility?
WEBMay 24, 2022 · It can appear in the form of de, but can also be de la, d’, du or des depending on what follows it. It has long been associated with nobility but is actually not a reliable indicator of this as many noble families do not have it and many ‘commoners’ do. The Association d'entraide de la noblesse française (ANF), set up to represent noble ...
Understanding Sunday shopping rules in France: What opens and …
WEBJun 2, 2024 · The general rule in the departments of Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin and Moselle is that no shops are allowed to open on Sundays. However, there are some exemptions, most related to tourism and/or services for the local population. These include florists, bakeries, souvenir shops. And general food shops can open until 13:00.
Car insurance in France: your questions answered - The Connexion
WEBJun 7, 2018 · Generally in France, it is the car that is insured with the details of the main driver. Anyone can then drive the car and will benefit from the same insurance as the policy holder. With many companies, if the driver has held a full licence for less than three, years then the excess is different. With AXA for example, the excess for new drivers ...
Brexit: What you can (and cannot) bring into France from UK
WEBDec 9, 2021 · The rules in detail include the following points: Meat and dairy. Meat, meat products (that do not 'look like' meat but are made from it) and milk and dairy products may not be brought in. This includes, eg. yoghurt, cheese, Bovril. Also included under dairy products are butter, ice-cream and cream. There is an exception for less than 2kg of ...
France’s immigrants: We look at the trends in the latest official data
WEBAug 29, 2023 · 1975: 7.4%. 2010: 8.5%. 2022: 10.3%. However, the trend is not always linear. There was a decline in immigrants from 1931 (6.6%) to 1946 (5%). Numbers stabilised until the end of the 1990s, mainly as a result of the oil crises and the slowdown in labour immigration. Growth has picked up again since the early 2000s.
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