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France's shock healthcare fee plan and will French PM sacrifice himself?

France's shock healthcare fee plan and will French PM sacrifice himself?

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This week we’ll bring you up to date on the crucial 2026 budget that’s edging its way through parliament and look at what it might mean for you, plus news on the strikes that lie ahead in France.


We’ll find out about a plan to make American retirees pay into the French health system to guarantee they can get care, plus look at the impact of airbnb around France. Has it turned rural villages into ghost towns? And we’ll explain why the Paris catacombs have closed for five months


Host Ben McPartland is joined by the team behind The Local France website - Editor Emma Pearson, journalist Gen Mansfield and French politics expert John Lichfield.


Further reading:


  • OPINION: France's embattled PM has won some unlikely victories and may yet get a deal
  • For all the coverage on the healthcare fee plan visit our Health page


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