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European Heritage Days 2026: ideas for visits in France
Over 28,000 events are set to host visitors for free on September 19 and 20
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France weather update: highs of 35C next week as high-pressure system returns
Lack of rain will lead to worsened drought conditions
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‘It’s no shame’: how to handle your child being placed a school year below in France
Jenna Hartzell's daughter was held back a year on arrival from the US, with no warning – experts explain why this happens, and how to help a child catch up
MPs try again to ban smacking children
A law which would make France the 55th country in the world, and the 23rd in the EU, to legally ban the smacking of children was due to be debated by MPs at the end of November.
The latest anti-smacking proposal comes nearly two years after France’s Constitutional Council struck down the last attempt to outlaw physical punishment against children on technical grounds.
