One in five work days are being lost to strikes as Macron and his prime minister Elisabeth Borne dig in their heels over controversial reforms.
This week, Callac faces a spate of graffiti – and worse.
The former French President believes Putin is banking on the West caving in and negotiating a settlement favourable to Russia in Ukraine.
The French economy has bounced back more quickly post-Covid than all of Europe’s other large economies.
France’s minister for the economy, Bruno Le Maire, is the most experienced member of Emmanuel Macron’s top team. But the rivalry between the two seems to be intensifying.
They would prefer to down tools at 60, writes Walter in this week’s letter.
Without a majority in Parliament, the President will have to fight dirty to get his deeply unpopular reforms over the line.
In this week’s letter, Walter takes us through Brittany’s changing seasons in his brand new brogues
In this week’s French Letter, Walter says good riddance to 2022 from his sofa.
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