Your views

Thanks to the many readers who wrote in with feedback on how much is needed as a pension for a reasonable retirement in France (rent or mortgage not included). Here’s a selection of replies:

I am writing with respect to SOLVIT (the European Commission mediation service for EU rights breached by public authorities in EU countries).

On behalf of those who are UK-resident but may spend up to 180 consecutive days per year in their French homes, we bring to attention that, post-Brexit, we will only be allowed 90 days in any 180.

Is global warming affecting our toilet habits?

I explained to a French friend that, after January 31, I will not have any voting rights in France and, since I’ve lived here for 18 years, I have no voting rights in the UK either.

Four years ago I worked in Reims, a 20 minutes bus ride or an hour on foot from home.

We chose to come and live in France long before our daughter came here in 2004, arriving in January 2005, which coincided with my 65th birthday (my wife was 62).