We start off this week by jumping straight into the increasingly choppy waters of international relations and examine whether France has a strong enough military to help bring peace to Europe and whether Emmanuel Macron has any influence at all over Donald Trump.

We also explain how the UK's new travel authorisation scheme could affect you and your family in France and explain why a 102-year-old Frenchman named Albert is suing the government.

We also look at why France hasn't quite experienced the anti-tourism backlash as seen in neighbouring Spain and try to decipher the laws around the hijab as French senators propose another tightening of restrictions around the garment.

Host Ben McPartland and I'll be joined for this new series of Talking France by the team at The Local: Editor Emma Pearson, journalist Gen Mansfield and politics expert John Lichfield.

Extra reading:

• EXPLAINED: Does France really have a hijab ban?
• OPINION: France and the UK may be willing to send troops to Ukraine, but do they have the military strength?
• Will I need an ETA visa for my French spouse or children?
• The French cities cracking down on Airbnb with key box bans
• Frenchman, 102, sues government over WWII forced labour in Germany
• Why is mass tourism such a problem in Spain but not in France?

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