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Our French property tax trebled - we won appeal but new bill repeats the error
Reader's taxe foncière went from €224 to €680 - twice
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It is time for France to put its retirees to good use
François Bouchon of France Bénévolat explains the many benefits this would bring
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I live very well on €1,000 a month in France
Reader lives on this basic allowance after rent
Madame XXX
Re your article on “ tu versus vous ” and the important question of style when addressing a lover.
In my view, vouvoyering is not enough.
Far better to go on to monsieur et madame, which applies another diaphanous layer of style. Sir and madam are certainly more stylistically titivating in English, in my experience.
Norman HUNT, by email
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