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Notaire fees on French property sales rise
97 French departments have now decided to apply the higher fees
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French justice minister calls for three-year halt to legal immigration
‘We have reached the limits of our capacities for integration and assimilation’, Gérald Darmanin says
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Two die after being swept away by sea currents in south-west France
Heatwave draws bathers to unsupervised beaches
French state ‘secu’ deficit falls
France has made progress in balancing the books of its social security system.
The deficit reduced to €1.2billion in 2018, the lowest since 2001 but still above the €1billion predicted by the government. In 2017 it was €5.1billion. Only the healthcare arm is now in deficit with the other sectors of retirement, work accidents and family allowance keeping to budget.
