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‘French society is built around the economy not the right to dignity’

We speak to Sébastien Peytavie, a rugby player, psychologist, and the first MP to use a wheelchair at the Assemblée nationale in the Fifth Republic

Not one year since 1947 without SNCF strike in France

There has not been a single year since 1947 in which SNCF train workers have not gone on strike in France in some way, a new study has found.

Many still feel pinch despite buying power boost

One of the basic beliefs of the gilets jaunes movement is that French people’s purchasing power, especially for those on the minimum wage, is falling.

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Social media is the new force in politics

The gilets jaunes protests have been organised through Facebook and commentators question how healthy this is.

People need to feel tax justice

It did not go unnoticed by protesters that on the same day President Macron spoke to the nation with concessions, the Senate voted through changes to the Exit Tax. Currently, rich business people who leave France must pay a tax on the ‘latent capital gains’ of their business shares of 30% if they sell them within 15 years – this was reduced to two to five years. We spoke to two tax experts about tax justice.

Chauvinism isn’t half of it...

What a curious article by Nick Inman in your September issue ( The joke is on everyone who takes pride in their chauvinist views ). The notion of “extreme nationalism” misses the point of the current upsurge of emotions with regard to nationalism. His piece seems to merge the idea of being a patriot when asked to go to war for your country with supporting your national team in the annual Six Nations.

Phone cameras are key for justice on housing estates

Attacks by police on ethnic and religious minority youths are a disturbingly regular occurrence in France, especially on housing estates. They range from day-to-day assaults that are seldom reported, to outrages that for all the right reasons make international news.

Social justice

‘French society is built around the economy not the right to dignity’

Not one year since 1947 without SNCF strike in France

Many still feel pinch despite buying power boost

Social media is the new force in politics

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People need to feel tax justice

Chauvinism isn’t half of it...

Phone cameras are key for justice on housing estates