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‘Speed bumps in France are dangerous for motorcyclists like me’

They cause pollution, damage vehicles and make roads unsafe, says reader

‘Anti-mosquito spraying must be allowed to resume in rural France’

Mosquito health warnings are useless unless the government does more to protect residents from the disease carrying insects, says reader

‘Amazon France have lost my custom and many of my deliveries’

Ability to use GPS is a minimum requirement for a delivery driver, says reader

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Why do cheap UK-France ferry day-trips exist but France-UK do not?

Popping over to Dover for British goods or fish and chips used to be a nice day out for one reader until recently - blame duty-free

‘I’m obsessed with Dutch peanut butter - it beats French or US brands’

Why a peanut spread from the Netherlands called ‘pindakaas’ is the best in the world according one reader

Higher taxes, 90/180 days rule… why we are selling up in France

Connexion readers explain why they’ve decided to quit France due to Brexit changes

Driving to France in an electric car: the case against

A Connexion reader argues that EVs are not so great for the environment as they are said to be

Readers in France highlight ‘significant problems’ using Royal Mail

Many complaints centre on the company’s post and parcel tracking service

‘Enormous impact’: Readers on how EU rule has hit their France visits

Connexion readers detail how the 90/180-day rule has slashed their holiday time and pushed them to sell their French homes

Which French public services do Connexion readers find ‘most helpful’?

The levels of bureaucracy in France are a common complaint

Connexion reader gives his views on the Paris e-scooter ban

Self-confessed ‘lifelong motorcyclist’ Chris Levings is in total agreement with the ban

‘Superb’, ‘nonsense’: Your views on making French mairies fly EU flag

MPs from Emmanuel Macron’s party want to make displaying the flag mandatory

Why France is more resistant than many countries to wokeism

The government launched a think tank to tackle ‘US-imported wokeism’ in 2022 - here sociologist Nathalie Heinich says France’s unique brand of universalism is the counterbalance we need

My hip replacement success in France with new patient-centred protocol

Why this surgery experience was improvement on 10 years ago, reader explains

Excess red tape and bureaucracy in France is a myth

Helpful tax office staff and easy online forms - one Connexion reader shares his experience of completing his tax declaration in 13 minutes

Bottled or tap: How do you take your water in France?

Some drink bottled water to avoid the chlorinated taste of its tap counterpart, while another sees buying from supermarkets as a ‘con’

‘Excellent’, ‘a nightmare’: Your thoughts on France’s school system

While for some Connexion readers the system can be ‘inspiring’ to pupils, others criticised its ‘authoritarian’ structure

‘Embarrassed to be British’ post-Brexit survey: Your feedback

‘I make sure the French know I am Scottish [rather than English]’ Six Connexion readers respond to a new study on the effects of Brexit on Britons in the EU

Updated: ‘I’ll leave', 'I'll celebrate' - your views on a Le Pen win

Latest polls have the Rassemblement national presidential hopeful at 47% to Macron’s 53%.

Comment: Macron wrong to use EDF for French re-election votes

A Connexion reader challenges Macron’s ‘absurd’ vote winning strategy: EDF electricity price cap, profit losses and staff strikes

The war is wrong but hate towards us hurts: Russian resident of Nice

A Russian woman who has been living in France for seven years tells how she opposes the war in Ukraine - and is saddened by anti-Russian comments on social media

French dental service is ‘fundamentally flawed’, says ex NHS dentist

The retired practitioner writes that the system is ‘badly organised, poorly regulated, understaffed and not based on continuous patient care’

The good, the bad and the ugly of customer service in France

After having a traumatic experience at a French supermarket, Tamara Thiessen compares customer service in France to one in her home country of Australia

‘Our son is thriving after move from state to French private school’

The school is ‘hors contrat’ and has smaller class sizes and makes children feel more ‘at home,’ Connexion reader Lynne Watt said

35 years of owning a French second-home; being a 'pays tiers' hurts

‘There are tens, even hundreds of thousands of us, penalised, with no choice, nor rights, nor voice. Pre-Brexit owners should have a special status like residents do’

‘If it’s not 100% safe, don’t shoot’: My hunting experience in France

A keen hunter says hunting in France is safe and necessary and rejects claims, often from non-rural residents, that hunters are dangerous and drink before or during hunts

‘The tests I had to sit - and costs - to get a French hunting permit’

A hunter in France explains the whole process of getting a hunting licence in France, from the initial application to the training days, the day of the exam and the practical and theoretical elements

Your views

‘Speed bumps in France are dangerous for motorcyclists like me’

‘Anti-mosquito spraying must be allowed to resume in rural France’

‘Amazon France have lost my custom and many of my deliveries’

Why do cheap UK-France ferry day-trips exist but France-UK do not?

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