France's new gender-based violence and sexual violence bill is a genuinely groundbreaking piece of legislation that addresses some huge issues around violence against women and children if - and this is quite a big if - it's backed up with the necessary funding

Yeah, Daffy 💪 (Probably not licensed by Warner Bros 😂)

What an amazing job! Here in France the Academie française can be pretty strict, but as far as I'm aware they don't have actual bouncers forcing you to say 'l'accès Internet sans fil' instead of 'le wifi'

Oh wow, fried chicken chain Master Poulet has now made its way onto French protest signs 😂

'But the election isn't until April next year', I hear you say, 'that's 7 months away, why launch this now?' Because not only is campaigning well underway but the election is already affecting almost every aspect of domestic politics, as well as politics where it really counts in 🇫🇷 - on the street.

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Wonder if their password was Danfoss1 ?

Reason #4,564 why I will never get a smart fridge

Has the primary of the left succeeded in whittling down the 2027 candidates? Not really . . .

On the 🇫🇷 Left it's all going very well . . . a planned 'primary of the united left' went ahead without the Greens, Communists or the hard left (LFI and various ex LFI). The winner, Raphaël Glucksmann of centre-left Place Publique, was enfariné (had flour chucked over him) within minutes of his win

Protests called in 🇫🇷 for Saturday over the cost of living, especially fuel prices. This is also the day the Gilet Jaunes are supposed to 'rise again'. (I suspect protesters will be more typical urban leftists but we'll see)

The area around Gare du Nord is a bit grotty, but if you don't mind walking 15 mins you're at Quai de Valmy, next to Canal Saint Martin, which is a very chill place to hang out at a café and watch the world go by

Graffiti about it 👇

This week's column on the very French phenomenon of setting a wheelie bin on fire in order to make your point

I'm afraid I laughed out loud at this book opening - the hottest day of the year in Paris and it's only 23C at 7pm? Oh guys, just you wait until 2026 . . . (Day of the Jackal)

Is Germany OK??

I really enjoyed both films (funnier than I was expecting) but back-to-back would require serious stamina. Legendary behaviour from grandmother

Haha, love the chocolatine wars! Was a great interview, thanks again