Talking France
Why French schools don't have uniforms and rural France turns to the power of the sun
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Episode notes
On this week’s episode of Talking France we look what happens next France’s latest political crisis, we explain the downfall of France’s most famous actor and also find out whether French schools could soon introduce compulsory uniforms.
We'll explain the huge increase in the number of solar farms in France and look at whether it's gone down well in rural France.
We also have explanation for how we can tell the thousands of elected politicians in France apart. It’s something to do with what they wear and how they wear it.
Host Ben McPartland is joined by the team at The Local France, Emma Pearson, Gen Mansfield as well as our politics expert John Lichfield.
Further reading:
- OPINION: The French people are greater losers tan Macron in immigration battle
- 'Fall of the Ogre': Depardieu sparks #MeToo moment in French cinema
- How to tell French politicians apart by their sashes
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