This week we’ll look at whether France’s new prime minister can do anything to appease the obstinate opposition in parliament and whether he’s got any chance of calming the growing anger on the streets.

We’ll also find out why protests in France always spark a row over numbers, how Americans are being ripped off in Paris, why the French state may no longer pay for your 18-day trip to a thermal spa and why bullfighting is still legal in parts of France.

And stay to the end to find out how the French are obsessed with sexing up their film titles in English.

Host Ben McPartland is joined as ever by the team at The Local France, Emma Pearson, Gen Mansfield and John Lichfield.

Essential reading:

• KEY DATES: The strikes planned in France in September and October 2025
• American tourists charged extra in Paris restaurants, newspaper sting shows
• Puns, sex and urban legends: How English film titles are translated into French
• France plans to cut state-funded spa treatments for chronically ill patients
• How to avoid taxi scams in Paris

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