French legislation

Did you know: France's president was not always elected by the people

Until 1962 the president was chosen by an electoral college of 80,000 officials including MPs and senators, mayors and some other local councillors

Rules for scattering ashes

I’d like to follow someone’s request and scatter their ashes in a village which is not the one they lived in (although it is in the same commune). I have read I need to notify the marie of the place of birth of the deceased but what if that person was born in the UK? B.J.

Which French marriage regime is which?

Barbara Heslop of Heslop & Platt answers a reader query on French matrimonial regimes

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Fear for circus animals’ lives after France wild animal ban

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Exception to EU inheritance rules

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Macron appoints author as French language champion

President Emmanuel Macron has appointed award-winning French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani to champion the French language and “represent the open face of Francophonie”.

French legislation

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Rules for scattering ashes

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Fear for circus animals’ lives after France wild animal ban

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