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French rail strike June 10: how to find out about affected services
Action may impact TER, TGV, Intercités, Transilien and RER trains
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France’s D-Day events and commemorations 2026
Celebrations include official remembrance ceremonies, historic exhibitions and 1940s-themed dances
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Pyrénées Orientales residents to cast vote on name change
Three options are being submitted although a popular fourth has been controversially removed
July’s Connexion reaching shops now
We look at how taxation at source may work, interview world’s No1 entrepreneur and check Government pension delays
JULY’s issue of The Connexion is out now and subscribers should be receiving their copies while shops will have papers on sale this weekend.
As well as our vast range of everyday practical help features, this month’s Connexion also has an exclusive interview with the world’s No1 entrepreneur, French businessman Mohed Altrad; a special look at the artisans of Limousin and – with the Tour de France in mind – some simpler cycling holidays for non-pedal-pushers.
The practical issues cover:
Taxation at source by 2018? We look at how this could work and the changes needed
Avoid road problems: try our French road sign test
Parents angry as entry rules changed for International Section schools in Paris
Car insurance – is it the car or driver that is insured?
How to cut costs of calling Australia
Help with optical costs for those on low incomes
Block those annoying cold callers
Copy the French and save to enjoy retirement
Why banks are demanding more personal information
Delays in Government pensions
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Why expats being left out of Brexit talks may be good thing
The reality of going back to the UK – readers’ stories
The village that celebrates traffic jams
Underground in France’s caves
12 classic books for a trip round France
Plus: why even organic vineyards still spray
And, lastly, the Dordogne choir that has been asked to sing at the Carnegie Hall
Find The Connexion at newsagents across France. Use www.findthepressinFrance.com to find your nearest stockist – or you can click here to download a pdf version of the July issue now for €3.50.