Can you get by in France without French and why does the government spend so much?

In this special episode of Talking France in which we answer some questions about France from listeners of the podcast and readers of The Local.

These questions will cover everything from whether Donald Trump being back in the White House means Marine Le Pen will soon be in Macron’s house - the Elysee palace.

We’ll answer a question on how could France have an energy crisis when it’s got so much nuclear power and whether the country simply spends too much on protecting its population?

We’ll try and explain how Americans can look more… well French in the way they dress and whether foreign residents in the country can get by without speaking French.

And finally we’ll try and answer a good question from a reader about what makes France so great, although we’ll first try and find out if it is actually that great.

Host Ben McPartland is asking the questions on behalf of listeners and to answer them we’ll have the three wise men and women from The Local : Emma Pearson, Gen Mansfield and John Lichfield.

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