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EES app: second EU country begins trials before summer peak
France is set to trial the Travel To Europe app later this year. It allows passengers to pre-register certain information
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Key dates for next French elections: MPs, mayors, president
Voters head to the ballot box several times in the next few years
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Vintage Renault found in barn in France with just 12km on the clock
The classic car had been forgotten since the early 1980s
Dictionaries invent their own franglais
New 2019 entries
Chatbot, liker and rançongiciel are among new French words to join Le Petit Larousse Illustré and Le Petit Robert dictionaries for 2019.
Grossophobie, marcheur, démocrature and Fiché S also make an appearance.
PSG footballer Neymar and ISS astronaut Thomas Pesquet join as new personalities.
Chatbot and liker are simple to work out but rançongiciel is ransomware, and grossophobie is prejudice against the overweight. Marcheur is a Macron supporter (from his party En Marche!) and démocrature is a democracy run like a dictatorship. Fiché S is a person on a file of possible security risks.
Dining also created ‘new’ words with ristretto, pavlova and sauce barbecue as well as biérologie, beer tasting science.
