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France set to pass emergency ‘budget law’: is it good or bad for your finances?
The country will effectively be without a budget from 2025, with knock-on effects for individuals and companies
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EasyJet announces nine new flight routes from France including to UK
A service from Bordeaux to Birmingham is among the new announcements
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French weekend weather outlook December 14 - 15: gloomy and chilly in the north
Cloudy skies are expected to dominate in the north, but in the south temperatures will still reach double figures
Supermarkets must reveal profits
SUPERMARKETS will have to reveal details of their margins on produce after MPs backed a proposal to make prices more transparent.
The law should boost people’s purchasing power as supermarket margins have outstripped pay rises, with some products having margins of 30-50%. The Observatoire des Prix et des Marges said shops had “very comfortable” gross margins with no reduction from the collapse in prices paid to producers. In addition, research from
Casino has found shoppers are turning against hypermarkets, preferring instead to go to hard discount and neighbourhood stores as well as “drive” outlets where they shop online for later pick-up.