The May edition of Connexion is being delivered to subscribers and will be available in shops from this weekend.
Non-subscribers can order a pdf version of Connexion today via this link, while subscribers receive the electronic version free of charge, along with access to all online articles, including any that are behind a paywall. Subscribe today and have immediate access to the electronic version. Your printed copies with start with the June edition.
Highlights this month include:
Brexit
New delay to Brexit buys more time for Britons in France
French citizenship language test to get more difficult
'UK could still face no-deal Brexit'
Annual cartes would be costly for pensioners
France U-turn on British family told to leave country
Practical
Bloctel: Re-register with France's phone watchdog to keep cold callers quiet
Garages must now offer second-hand car parts
Flood couple forced to sell-up after catastrophe insurance claim delays
Take ‘Advantage’ as SNCF cuts card costs
Can a micro-entrepreneur work for just one client?
Is there any payment for doing a stage?
Virtual surgeries: an answer to France's GP shortage or an online step too far?
Can I still use glyphosate weedkiller in my garden?
New model gardens that trigger online pollen alerts
What you can use an eco tax credit for
Help for people who lack confidence in their computer skills
Giving your name a French twist
Is Aspa repayable from French estate?
Make sense of... fonctionnaires
Uncertainty clouds students' bac choices
News
Notre-Dame: rebuild or restore Paris's fire-ravaged cathedral?
President pledges €5bn in tax cuts to ease gilets jaunes tensions, but...
Manchester united with Montpellier
Late snow and early sun save France's ski holiday season
French court orders €15m bypass works to be dismantled
Britain's D-Day dead to get own memorial
Life in the slow lane catches on - one French town at a time
Plea over shock photos at war atrocity site
May election will be first big test for Macron's LREM
What shouldn't happen to a vet - but does in France
Cycle for Life... and to enjoy a fun ride
Passing on this welcoming family Message
Property
France's property market divide widens
€1 land offer boosts village
Go underground for heating
Life can be sweet – if pricey – on a houseboat
Tax cut for landlords to revitalise town centres in France
Mick the miller gets the old water wheels turning again
Property watch: Eastern PACA
Dirty secret of a septic tank owner
Water leak law boost for second-home owners
Comment
Macron gambles his presidency on mild majority choosing his way over gilets jaunes extremes
Le Pen's 'new' RN is the same old FN wolf in sheep's clothing
My agony: stay a priest, or leave for love?
Why meals are educational food and drink for pupils in France
No start-up culture, s’il vous plaît ... we’re French - and productive
Money
Commission is killing off independent money advice
Online tax portal is open and deadlines move to day earlier
Non-residents can claim refunds on social charges
Cross-border financial planning for Britons in France
Features
Game of Thrones actor is also star of the Var
11 famous French historical characters whose names are immortalised in the language
15 years on, I still speak French with an accent
The houses that paint portraits of the artists in their day-to-day lives
Solo green-fingered genius who scales France’s model gardens down to size
Historians can at last help families of Algerian War’s ‘disappeared’ tell their tragic tales
The return of baby-foot
Gorgeous Open Gardens to enjoy in May
Cattle class to Vendée via Aberdeen
Hop to it! Can a vigneron make beer?
Modern parallels in historic scandal that shamed France
The great jazz explosion... in Limoges
France's great gastrocrats
+ French themed crosswords and quiz! + Readers' Letters
+ 10 pages of businesses and tradespeople serving English-speakers in France
To pick up your copy of May's Connexion
Subscribe here and read the edition online immediately (mobile and tablet friendly) + receive a complimentary PDF of the edition. Your print editions will start with the June edition. Subscriptions start at €13.50 for 3 months to a French address
2. Buy a PDF version of the edition
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