John Lichfield News Today

The Talking France podcast is back looking at the big issues in France this week - from European elections and expected gains for the far-right to changing addresses in rural France, new legal requirements for property owners in wildfire zones and the mysterious 'Paris Syndrome'.

The Talking France podcast is back looking at the big issues in France - from deadly rioting in New Caledonia to the threat of Olympic strike chaos, via 'French values' and France's most overrated tourist sites.

From violent unrest in a French territory to the QR codes required at the Paris Olympics, via D-Day and weird taxidermy, our weekly newsletter Inside France looks at what we have been talking about in France this week.

Desperate to fulfil a campaign promise, the French president has accepted an impractical, repressive bill praised by Marine Le Pen, says John Lichfield, a journalist based in France

From the reaction to Ulez in London to heat pumps in Germany, eco-policies are still too often felt as sanctions on working people, says Oliver Haynes, a freelance journalist

Macron held a crisis meeting with ministers on Thursday after France was hit by another night of violence.

As Iranian women burned their hijabs in protest at the country's repressive laws you might have heard people contrasting this to the French 'hijab ban' - but is the Muslim headscarf actually banned in France?

The Talking France podcast is back with a new episode looking at whether French pension strikes are truly over, the town mayor who is increasing water bills and the pitfalls of 90-day rule 'loopholes' - and as is it's now summer we're looking at the issue of air conditioning in France, plus some tips to make the most of the season.

As Iranian women burned their hijabs in protest at the country's repressive laws you might have heard people contrasting this to the French 'hijab ban' - but is the Muslim headscarf actually banned in France?

The Talking France podcast is back with a new episode looking at whether French pension strikes are truly over, the town mayor who is increasing water bills and the pitfalls of 90-day rule 'loopholes' - and as is it's now summer we're looking at the issue of air conditioning in France, plus some tips to make the most of the season.