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Mythbuster

Mythbuster: The French are workshy with a 35-hour week

This is false. In fact, the French work more than employees in the UK

Mythbuster: French music cannot survive outside France

This is false! Quite a few musicians make their name internationally

Mythbuster: French state schools do not have uniforms

This is no longer 100% true. One town is experimenting with a uniform – but it is not obligatory

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MYTHBUSTER: French people smoke as heavily as ever

The French are often portrayed as heavy smokers and packets of Gauloises – strong, unfiltered cigarettes – are said to be dirt cheap here. This is false!

Mythbuster: France is a strongly Catholic country

France is regarded as a Catholic country, but the actual number of people who go to church every week is the lowest of any ‘Catholic country’, and surveys show religion is not part of life for most people.

Mythbuster: Most French people can ski to some extent

With the Alps to the east of France, Pyrénées to the west, Massif Central in between and Corsica to the south, it is obvious France is a ski nation.

Mythbuster: French farmers gain most from EU policy

Problems over the European Union Common Agricultural Policy featured large in the run-up to the Brexit referendum but, despite claims that French farmers benefited the most, figures show that British farmers get more per head than French farmers do.

Mythbuster: France trailing European financial markets

Fact or Fake? In this regular column, we look at the ‘truths’ that everyone ‘knows’ about France

Mythbuster: the French are arrogant

Most people living in France, and most tourists, know this is mainly false; yet the myth has been around for a long time and will likely persist. There are a couple of explanations.

Mythbuster: Only tourists eat snails and frogs legs

Fact or Fake? In this regular column, we look at the ‘truths’ that everyone ‘knows’ about France

Mythbuster: French drivers prefer to buy French cars

In this column we look at the ‘truths’ that everyone ‘knows’ about France

Mythbuster: Unemployment benefit is over-generous

Fact or Fake? In this regular column, we look at the ‘truths’ that everyone ‘knows’ about France

Mythbuster: French restaurants and vegetarians

The land of steak tartare and foie gras has long been regarded as a wasteland for vegetarians – but, in the words of the song, the times they are a-changin’.

Mythbuster: French prefer renting to buying

A few years ago a UK daily newspaper ran an article on how English people ‘see themselves as kings of their own castles’ while the ‘Germans and French prefer to rent’.

Mythbuster

Mythbuster: The French are workshy with a 35-hour week

Mythbuster: French music cannot survive outside France

Mythbuster: French state schools do not have uniforms

MYTHBUSTER: French people smoke as heavily as ever

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Mythbuster: France is a strongly Catholic country

Mythbuster: Most French people can ski to some extent

Mythbuster: French farmers gain most from EU policy

Mythbuster: France trailing European financial markets

Mythbuster: the French are arrogant

Mythbuster: Only tourists eat snails and frogs legs

Mythbuster: French drivers prefer to buy French cars

Mythbuster: Unemployment benefit is over-generous

Mythbuster: French restaurants and vegetarians

Mythbuster: French prefer renting to buying

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