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WEB-USERS have been warned about a fake email doing the rounds promising a €180 rebate on overpaid French income tax. The message claims to come from the budget ministry and includes a link to the o...

MOTORISTS are rushing to take advantage of the government’s car scrappage bonus scheme before it is gradually phased out in the new year, new figures suggest. The number of new cars sold in Septembe...

PLANS to cut motorway speed limits from 130 to 110kph have been put on the back burner, according to the secretary of state for ecology, Chantal Jouanno. The proposal could have cut emissions of gre...

FARMERS carried out protests across France yesterday after a call to action by national farmers’ union FNSEA and their youth section, Les Jeunes Agriculteurs (JA). The protests brought together farm...

The French government has decided to drop its public support for Roman Polanski, the Oscar-winning director held in Switzerland over a child sex case dating back more than 30 years. The government ha...

People on low incomes can apply for the new income support benefit RSA (revenu de solidarité active)