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Paris mairie publishes first results from ring road speed drop to 50 km/h
The results are cautiously positive, after the speed drop was only introduced this month
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Tourists, foreign residents: How France’s new Schengen border checks will work
Border guards will be able to carry out ID checks on road, sea, and air routes from six European countries beginning in November
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Warning after Briton rescued from high tide in Brittany
The 45-year-old man had to be airlifted to hospital, prompting authorities to issue a warning
Brexit updates - May 2018
The latest news
• June 19 has been set to hear the appeal in the Amsterdam case which is seeking an ECJ ruling that Britons’ EU citizenship can survive Brexit.
• Liberal Democrats in France have an update and discussion about Brexit in Paris on May 14. See www.tinyurl.com/Brexit-LD.
• British Embassy outreach meetings are being held on: May 15, Limoges; May 23, Cahors; May 28, Périgueux; June 18, Aude; June 26, Nîmes and July 11, Montpellier (see the British Embassy Paris Facebook).
• Several expats on social media have flagged up another unresolved area Brexit could affect – hardship bourses (grants) for pupils and students as they are for French or EU citizens. It thus might make school or university more costly for young Britons.
• A UK parliament debate proposing that MPs must be given a ‘no Brexit’ option when they vote on ‘the deal’ has been moved for a second time, to June 11.