On the menu this week we look at whether more French cities will follow the lead of Paris by turning up the heat big fuel guzzling SUV vehicles plus we find out why Eurostar is facing more travel misery.
We'll try to understand French waiters - are they just grumpy garçons or serious professionals who get an unfair reputation and answer some of your important questions on the new French language requirements for residency permits and citizenship.
And we'll explore whether the French, reputed as being the world's biggest romancers, are actually bothered about Valentine's Day?
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Ben McPartland your host is joined by the team at The Local Emma Pearson, Gen Mansfield and politics expert John Lichfield.
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Does French immigration law spell bad news for foreigners and how Catholic is France?
Why French schools don't have uniforms and rural France turns to the power of the sun
Is Paris safe, are the French all adulterers and are France's banlieues all that bad?
France fears far-right violence and should the French ditch their crazy numbers?
Why is the European parliament in two different places and is money taboo in France?
Life in France to get more expensive and busting myths about Napoleon
Why the French don't do spicy food and just how elitist is France?
Could France introduce a special second homes visa and what do French airport alerts mean for travel?
How will France deal with new terror threat and what's the French obsession with rural romance?
Is France really overrun with bedbugs and why are second homes being targeted by militants?
Does rural France have a crime problem and why do baguettes taste different?
France's bedbug invasion, Macron's green conundrum and how to pick a decent French restaurant?
Will France's 'desperate' fuel price plan work and how to end the danger of French hunters?
Will immigration row topple Macron's government and how will France's discount rail pass work?
Why are French property taxes shooting up and what's in store for 'la rentrée'?
Will riots change anything in France and how quickly can your kids learn French in school?
Is France facing a summer of riots and how water shortages could impact your French holiday?
The challenges of life in the French countryside and why France is the best place to get naked
How bad will water shortages in France be this summer and why are the French so philosophical?
Will summer in France be strike free and are there really loopholes in the 90-day rule?
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