Host Ben McPartland is joined by The Local France's Emma Pearson, Genevieve Mansfield and John Lichfield for a look at all the latest happenings in France.
We return from a two-week break to find that French MPs are still debating the budget - there are new amendments, a vote on pension reform, a new article of the French constitution to learn about but still the same old uncertainty over whether the government will survive until Christmas.
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Contained within the Budget is an amendment proposing that some foreigners in France would have to pay an extra charge to access the country's health system.
We break down exactly who this proposal would affect, how much the charge might be and why it has been made in the first place - are American relocation agencies really to blame?
Airbnb is a growing presence in French towns and cities and more and more local authorities are clamping down on it - but what effect does it have on small towns and villages? Residents share their views.
And finally as the Paris Catacombs close for a six-month refurbishment, we take a look at what is happening down there, how Paris came to have a tourist attraction made out of the bones of the dead and whether there are indeed some uncanny occurrences in those dimly-lit tunnels.
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Further reading:
- OPINION: France's embattled PM has won some unlikely victories and may yet get a deal
- For all the coverage on the healthcare fee plan visit our Health page
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