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France faces major strikes, new French driving laws and the menace of far right violence

It’s the start of a new year, there’s a lot going on in France to catch up with so we have a jam-packed episode featuring the president Emmanuel Macron finally opening up about his love life, a look ahead to the ski season in the Alps - will there be any snow to ski on and why folk in south west France will be paying more property taxes.

And the battle lines have been drawn between the French government and the unions over pension reform which means, strikes. Of course. We have all the latest.

We also look at the danger of more violence from far right extremists in France and what changes for…

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