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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 20h

Buy one Covid vaccine, get a new government free!

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 20h

Cancan dancer Louise Weber, known as La Goulue, also pops up in this expo, photographed in Paris aged about 50

The Toulouse-Lautrec poster for La Goulue (Louise Weber) at the Moulin Rouge

Louise Weber, aged about 50, photographed in Paris

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 20h

In the 1920s, Paris hosted events for women who had reached the ancient age of 25 without getting married . . . They were known as Catherinettes

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 20h

Really recommend the truly fascinating Gens de Paris 1926-1936 expo at Musée Carnavalet. A treasure trove of fascinating detail on the lives of Parisians, based on census data

Exhibition - Les gens de Paris (the people of Paris) 1926-1936

A Paris baker, circa 1926, with a truly magnificent moustache

Campaign from the inter-war period warning of the falling birth rate.

Age data of the population of Paris in 1926. Note birth rate dips during the Seige of Paris (1870) and World War I

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 20h

In 🇫🇷 the Covid vaccine is free, flu vaccine free to high-risk groups, around €10 for everyone else. This year's campaign starts on Wednesday

Details- www.thelocal.fr/20250912/sta...

Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 23h

It’s dispiriting that this is what getting a COVID vaccination now looks like to this chronic asthmatic.

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 21h

My column this week, trying to make sense of what is happening in France 🤣

The Local France @thelocalfrance.bsky.social · 22h

Inside France: A history of turmoil through the French republics

From France's ongoing political turmoil to models for government, via sweary commentary and the courage of Gisèle Pelicot, here's what we have been talking about in France this week.

www.thelocal.fr

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 1d

Well that was worth the wait

Macron names France's new prime minister - same as the old prime minister

Emmanuel Macron has reappointed Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister, just five days after he quit in the role.

www.thelocal.fr

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 1d

Didn't it just

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 1d

No idea what most of those words mean! But good luck with it all . . . 👊

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 1d

That's still one hour after I should reasonably be allowed to open the wine on a Friday evening . . .

Actualités françaises 🇫🇷 @news-flows-fr.bsky.social · 1d

INFO BFMTV - Emmanuel Macron nommera un Premier ministre avant 20h

La nomination du nouveau Premier ministre doit avoir lieu dans les prochaines heures ce vendredi 10 octobre, l'Élysée ayant annoncé mercredi soir que son nom serait connu "d'ici 48 heures". Les chefs de parti, sauf LFI et le...

www.bfmtv.com

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 1d

Huh, weird! Wonder what settings i accidentally turned on. Thanks for the info though

Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 3d

Uh, sure - but you will also be opting out of entering the EU/Schengen zone 💁‍♀️

Can I opt out of giving my biometrics under Europe's new border checks?

Non-EU travellers heading to EU/Schengen countries will soon face biometric border controls as the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) comes into force from October 12th. But can travellers opt out?

www.thelocal.com

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry, hopefully this is not a spoiler! I wasn't really blown away by the series but it does have a cracking soundtrack. Really hope these unsolicited translations are not a sign of things to come

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 3d

I've recently been watching an English-language Netflix show, in English with the subtitles turned off - but because I am in France, Netflix has decided to 'helpfully' translate all the posters and notices that appear in the show into French.
Has anyone else noticed this? It's really annoying!

Screenshot from the English-language Netflix show House of Guinness, in which an election poster has been automatically translated into French to read 'rassemblement électoral, midi 4 août', instead of its original 'election hustings, 12 noon, August 4'

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 3d

He may have, ahem, one or two issues on the domestic front - but on this topic Macron is 100% correct

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 7d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 3d

I usually find Simon Calder pretty accurate, but this does seem to over-complicate massively. I think part of the problem is that media cannot come straight out and say 'just lie and tick yes to everything, no-one is ever going to check', even if that's what they're clearly implying

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 4d

In case anyone is curious about what EES really means for second-home owners

What EES changes for second-home owners in France

The EU's new EES passport checks come into force in October - if you are a second-home owner in France, here's what it means for you.

www.thelocal.fr

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 4d

Totally. Also, lovely use of 'cursèd' - we don't see that often enough these days

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 4d

Completely ridiculous headline - the 90-day rule has applied to Brits since 2021 (due to Brexit). Second-home owners who want to stay longer have the option of applying for a short-stay visitor visa

Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 4d

This lurid headline is about British tourists no longer getting away with overstaying in Schengen. Or being 'illegals', as it's often called in the UK.

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 4d

New podcast episode - What the fuck is going on in 🇫🇷?
(I'm aware that it's sort of my job to know the answer to that question, but I really don't know and - more worryingly - it doesn't seem like anyone else does either)
Plus;
Why is there a French egg shortage?
Is it OK to be late in France?

Talking France: What the f**k is going on in France and where have all the eggs gone?

Talking France is back with a new episode, slightly earlier than planned because France has another meltdown. Forgive us for the title, but listen to the episode and you'll understand why we chose ...

pod.fo

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 4d

Amusing myself by imagining that all these headlines relate to France's prime minister being berated by his wife for not assembling the Ikea flatpack

Headline - French PM under pressure to put together cabinet

France's new PM resigns hours after cabinet unveiled

French PM in final effort to salvage cabinet

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 5d

Red sky in the morning, er . . . French resigned prime minister's warning?

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 5d

L'Humanité on point as ever - roughly translated '🇫🇷 shits the bed'

l'Humanité @humanite.fr · 5d

L’Humanité du 7 octobre
La chienlit

📰 humanite.fr

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 5d

While you're at it, I would also like a 'become rich' plan by Thursday

Headline reads 'Macron asks outgoing French PM for 'stability' plan by Wednesday

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 5d

Well over 30% of homes in the area are empty & the Paris Urban Planning Agency found that over half of the residential property owners along the Champs-Élysées owned five or more homes.
Meanwhile Paris suffers from an acute housing crisis and its population falls by around 12,000 people per year

Analysis: Why Parisians have abandoned the Champs-Élysées

The Avenue des Champs-Elysées is among the world's most famous streets, and it even has a song named after it - but these days it is increasingly being shunned by Parisians.

www.thelocal.fr

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