What next for farmers' revolt, France's baby problem and are French fries really French?
Talking France25 Jan 2024

What next for farmers' revolt, France's baby problem and are French fries really French?

This week we explain the anger among French farmers that has led them to block motorways across the country. Who's to blame, how long will the road blocks go on for and how will it be resolved?

We'll also look at why President Emmanuel Macron's suggestion the French need to be making more babies has caused a bit of uproar and why the French are making so many films but not as many babies.


We will also reveal the one département in France that has no train services but is well worth a visit - if you can get there and find out whether French fries and other so-called French things are indeed actually French.


Host Ben McPartland is joined by the three tenors of The Local France this week: Pearson, Mansfield and Lichfield. Or Emma, Gen and John as we know them


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