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High-speed rail project, rent controls: Toulouse candidates divided for municipal election
Tight race expected in city as far left home in on quarter of vote share
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Travelling from France to UK: dual nationals warn over passport renewal issues
It comes as the UK enforces its electronic travel authorisation (ETA) scheme
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‘If I lower the price I close’: fuel station manager in western France defends €2.97 diesel price
The small station in Deux-Sèvres is selling the most expensive diesel in the country amid the ongoing fuel price spike
National service: plans published in spring
Plans for all young people in France to take part in one month of national service have taken a step forward.
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is to appoint a committee this month to prepare solid plans and costings for the scheme. It will report back next spring to allow time for the first trials to begin in 2019. Once up and running the universal national service scheme will cater for 600,000 to 800,000 18-21 year olds each year.
It was a campaign promise of Emmanuel Macron, who estimated it would cost €2-3 billion. However this figure has been disputed. National service was scrapped by Jacques Chirac in 1997.
