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French unions push back as MPs consider opening shops on May 1
Workers in all but essential fields are given May 1 off as a paid holiday
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French rail groups continue push to reopen closed lines
Groups have criticised new Bordeaux-Lyon line for failing to serve rural communities
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Potential solution to controversial French forced heirship law
Campaigners are turning towards marital legislation to make case
France’s best bathing beaches named
390 French beaches representing 173 communes – three more than last year – have been awarded the Pavillon Bleu 2017 flag for clean water and other environmental criteria.
Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur is the best represented region with 58 beaches, followed by Occitanie with 53. Communes pay a fee for their beaches to be assessed, on a sliding scale based on population.
