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French home energy bills to rise in 2026
Household electricity and gas bills will increase by around €50 per year
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Social charges on UK government pensions: France residents report progress
Issue now drawing attention at the highest levels
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Good news for many micro-entrepreneurs in France: plans to lower VAT threshold rejected by Senate
Vote reverses proposal to lower tax exemption thresholds for self-employed workers
French MPs want law change on gay blood donors
MPs are looking at changing the law on giving blood to align the rules for gay and bi people with those for straight people.
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Heterosexuals must not have had sex that put them at increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases in the last four months (more than one partner, unprotected sex with a new partner, sex with someone with an STD or who had unÂproÂtected sex with someone else or whose sexual behaviour is unknown to you). HomoÂsexuals must declare they have not had sex for a year.
The proposal has support but still needs to go for a full vote.
Campaign group SOS HomoÂphobie said it would end a “stigmatisation†of those who have same-sex relations and that it should be behaviour – not orientation – that matters.