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16 recent and upcoming changes in France you may have missed in January
Changes include a ban on chimney use, a rise in the minimum wage and increased medical fees
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New farmer protests this week - where and what to expect
Pressure mounts on the government over agricultural policy, disease control and trade agreements
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Increased fire safety audits are forcing bars across France to close
Inspections follow deadly blaze in Swiss nightclub on January 1
French hypermarket forced to stop Sunday trial
Supermarket group Casino has abandoned plans to open one of its Géant hypermarkets with only automatic self-scan tills on a second Sunday afternoon after hundreds of unionists threatened to protest.
Trials in 123 stores, including 15 hypermarkets, nonetheless went ahead the same day.
A first trial at the store at Vals-près-le-Puy (Haute-Loire) in December attracted 200 protesters, said the CGT union, which had planned a second and larger protest.
