Host Ben McPartland is joined by The Local France's Emma Pearson and John Lichfield, along with a new member of the team, Franco-American journalist Emma Albright.
Starting the year with a wave of industrial action - doctors started a 10-day strike on Monday in protest at measures in the 2026 budget that change the way they work, while farmers and Louvre staff are restarting protests.
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A two-part bill aimed at banning social media for teens under the age of 15 as well as the use of cell phones in high schools, has been drafted by the government and will be examined early January. We look at the different reactions regarding these potential new measures.
George Clooney, his wife Amal Clooney and their two children became French over the Christmas holidays - but exactly how did they obtain their citizenship?
Finally, we ask French native-speaker Emma Albright to correct our French pronunciation as she guides us through a series of words and phrases for use about strikes.
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