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Where to find help with important admin in France
A website and phone helpline exist to help with all kinds of complex documents and processes
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Bedbugs: French authority warns against banned insecticide
The product is still circulating despite being linked to four recent deaths
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Air France increases flight prices again, by up to €50
For the second month in a row, rising kerosene prices increase flight ticket costs
France’s Pacs contracts rise 10-fold in 20 years
The Pacs civil union has marked its 20th birthday, with the latest statistics showing 194,000 registered in 2017, up from 20,000 a year in the early days.
It is now almost as popular as marriage – 233,915 in 2017.
The Pacs was voted in after a battle in Parliament. In 1999, 25% involved same-sex couples, but that has dropped to 4%.
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