M’aidez! M’aidez!’ Deranged with panic, I flapped my arms and hollered for help. No ski trip for my family is complete without the international phrase for emergency being used at least once. Only this time I wasn’t shouting it from a slope-side collision but from the hard shoulder of a French motorway after coming to … Read more
‘We know how to make it a very nasty battle’: French minister warns Britain that a post-Brexit trade deal could collapse if there is no agreement to allow EU fishermen work in UK waters Amelie de Montchalin gave her first English language interview today# Said agreement between London and Brussels hinged on four factors A … Read more
French people have been warned to stop kissing one another in a bid to control the coronavirus epidemic. Health minister Olivier Veran has urged people to avoid doing ‘la Bise’, the practice of kissing someone on both cheeks, to greet them or say goodbye. He told a media briefing at the Elysee Paris yesterday: ‘The … Read more
A former Prime Minister of France and his British wife accused of stealing from taxpayers were today told that they would once have been hanged if found guilty. The macabre observation was made in the Paris Correctional Court, where Francois and Penelope Fillon instead risk 10 years in prison. Both are said to have set … Read more