The 27 leaders of the European Union do not recognize the Belarusian election results due to widespread allegations of electoral fraud, European Council president Charles Michel said on Wednesday. Elections not recognized by the EU Speaking after a virtual meeting between the heads of state
Families are seeing their average budget for the new school year 2020 in France jump by 6.2% compared to last year, according to a study by The Confederation Union of Families (Confédération syndicale des familles – CSF) released on Tuesday, August 18. This is an
To address the drought in France, the Minister of Agriculture, Julien Denormandie, announced on Friday the opening of the compensation system for climatic “calamities” and tax relief. The French government will allow the opening of the “disaster” compensation scheme to farmers and stockbreeders who are
Sea migration in the central Mediterranean rose sharply last month, partly fuelled by an exodus from Tunisia, the European Union’s border agency Frontex said on Tuesday. Frontex said 4,650 migrants arrived in Italy and Malta last month, more than double the June figure, “in large
The French national railway recorded a number of passengers only 15% lower than a normal summer, according to Alain Krakovitch, the director of Voyages SNCF, quoted by the newspaper L’Opinion. The French National Railway Company (SNCF) feared a disastrous summer. But it eventually managed to
Self-employed professionals and small businesses in France “having started their activity no later than 2019,” will be able to apply for a spacing of taxes. This is good news for small businesses affected by the crisis. The Ministry of the Economy confirmed on Monday, August
Independent French newsagents, badly shaken by the health crisis and the troubles of the former press distribution group Presstalis, are to receive an “exceptional aid” of at least 1,500 euros, according to a decree published in mid-August in the Government Gazette. The aim is to
France is one of the European countries that taxes its motorists the most, with a tax bill estimated at nearly a quarter of their budget. This is a painful figure. According to the Automobile Club Association, reported by the newspaper Le Parisien, nearly a quarter
According to a new survey by the IFOP institute, French people are much more worried about the health risk linked to the Covid-19 epidemic than about the economic threat caused by the spread of the virus. On August 16, a new poll by the IFOP
The cost of living for French students is increasing by 3.69 percent this year, according to figures released by the UNEF union. Housing prices, the main spending element, are rising sharply. Students are also suffering from a drop in their income because of the health