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Fréjus Tunnel that connects France and Italy to close this weekend
The tunnel will close for 12 hours and not the 56 hours originally announced
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TotalEnergies opens service station for electric vehicles in Paris
It is the first of its kind in the capital and has ultra-fast charging
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Conductors on French public transport will soon be able to check your address
Move is part of anti-fraud plans to prevent people from giving false information during fines including on SNCF trains
No deal 'more likely by the day'
‘Wait and see’ is all that can really be said to Britons in France as the possibility of a no-deal Brexit looms.
Britain and France have given some reassurances to the effect that British people would not immediately lose key rights, however at this late stage former French Europe Minister Nathalie Loiseau recently said there is little point in attempting formalities like a carte de séjour application or driving licence swap if you have not done so by now. (It is still, however, advisable to gather relevant paperwork so as to be able to apply later on.)
France has promised a ‘grace period’, probably of a year, in which to apply for a residency card as a non-EU citizen and also an unspecified time period in which to swap a UK licence for a French one.
We have more on this topic of no-deal in our April edition of The Connexion newspaper available in newsagents in France or as a download at this link.
This comes as EU negotiator Michel Barnier has said no-deal is ‘more likely by the day’. With British MPs repeatedly voting against all other avenues, the country still faces a no-deal by default in 10 days’ time.
An emergency summit of the EU Council – including leaders of the 27 other states – is planned for April 10, to hold final discussions on Brexit.
The EU had said if the negotiated deal was accepted Brexit day would have become May 22; the other alternative to no-deal is a long extension, including taking part in the EU elections, due to a decision on some other course of action such as a referendum or general election in order for Britain to rethink its strategy.
This would have to be agreed by all 27 members of the council unanimously.
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