Water restrictions have been issued for 39 departments in France, particularly in the west with the Vendée and Deux-Sèvres on red alert. At the time of writing, restrictions have not yet been applied to the P-O.

Thousands of holidaymakers could be affected by strikes this summer as Ryanair pilots announce a strike for July 20 and 24 in protest against working conditions. The strikes are due to last for 24 hours, starting at 1am.

The French Social Security site recommends that all French residents take a carte européenne d’assurance maladie with them when travelling to other EU countries or Switzerland. This card will ensure free or subsidized medical treatment (depending on the country visited of course) and is easy to obtain, assuming that you are already part of the great machine that is the French medical system.Resident in France?

Thousands of holidaymakers could be affected by strikes this summer as Ryanair pilots announce a strike for July 12 in protest against working conditions. The strike is due to last for 24 hours, starting at 1am on 12 July.