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French political crisis deepens and what's so difficult about settling in France?

Welcome to a new episode of Talking France, a podcast by The Local, for anyone interested in what’s going on in France.

And right now there’s a lot going on in France.

For example, an almighty political crisis over President Emmanuel Macron’s contentious move to raise the pension age from 62 to 64.

We have all the latest on how the battle is playing out, including on the streets where hundreds of protests, some violent, have taken place in recent days.

We look at what’s going to happen next and what it all means for the king of France himself, sorry the president of France Emmanuel Macron. He…

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