Has Uber changed France and will smoking ever be banned on café terraces?
Talking France4 Jun 2025

Has Uber changed France and will smoking ever be banned on café terraces?

This week we'll explain the ongoing and far-from-brotherly dispute behind the different kinds of taxi drivers in France and whether they'll ever declare peace with each other.


We'll examine why France's efforts to clean up the air in its polluted cities might be about to go up in smoke and explain France's new rules on smoking outdoors - and how they will impact both smokers and non-smokers.


And we'll explain the tricky rules around remote working in France with the help of new information sent to us from French tax authorities.


And stay to the end to find out whether French drivers behave better on the roads than their counterparts across Europe and we'll have a handy tip for what to do when you are being tailgated in France.


Host Ben McPartland is joined at the wheel by our team of rogue drivers, Editor Emma Pearson, journalist Gen Mansfield and politics and driving expert John Lichfield.


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Is France really overrun with bedbugs and why are second homes being targeted by militants?

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France's bedbug invasion, Macron's green conundrum and how to pick a decent French restaurant?

France's bedbug invasion, Macron's green conundrum and how to pick a decent French restaurant?

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28 Sep 202333min

Will France's 'desperate' fuel price plan work and how to end the danger of French hunters?

Will France's 'desperate' fuel price plan work and how to end the danger of French hunters?

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21 Sep 202335min

Will immigration row topple Macron's government and how will France's discount rail pass work?

Will immigration row topple Macron's government and how will France's discount rail pass work?

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Why are French property taxes shooting up and what's in store for 'la rentrée'?

Why are French property taxes shooting up and what's in store for 'la rentrée'?

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