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Rules Rules for garden barbecues in France 2025 More identity checks and less police trust outlined in report: when can you be stopped in France? Key points and rules to consider if want a pool at your French home
Politics How France’s 2026 draft budget could affect you – in detail French MPs respond to outcry over re-legalisation of pesticide linked to bee deaths Threats of censure, ‘social war’, ‘too hard on middle-class’: reaction to France’s austerity budget
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