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Two people and five properties struck by lightning in northern France
Violent storms hit amid ongoing heatwave
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France’s Constitutional Council validates cap on bank inheritance fees
Charges on settling estates to be capped at 1% of deceased’s assets
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Heatwave in France: 35 red alerts raised, Monday to be even hotter
Extreme temperatures forecast to last through the week
Nantes airport row mediator appointed
New Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has appointment a mediator in the controversial Nantes airport project at Notre-Dame-des-Landes, so that a “clear” and “assumed” decision can be taken on whether it goes ahead.
Nicolas Hulot, new Minister of Ecological and Solidarity Transition, has said he is opposed to the new airport.