Talking France
France shocked by 'senseless' school violence and the inventions you never knew were French
Published: 11 June 2025 at 17:17 Europe/London
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Episode notes
This week we discuss a shocking incident which saw a teaching assistant stabbed to death by a pupil outside a French secondary school, and find out what the government plans to do, to tackle what the president has described as a "senseless wave of violence".
We'll also find out about the efforts Paris is going to to protect the Seine and reveal all about Paris's second, secret river, that may be given a new life.
We'll find out whether flight passengers in France and around Europe are going to lose out through a planned change in the compensation rules and we'll examine the threat of violence linked to far right extremism in France after a Tunisian was murdered in a suspected terror attack.
And stay to the end to see whether you can spot which famous world changing inventions came from France and which very French-sounding creations didn't.
Host Ben McPartland is joined by the team from The Local France: Emma Pearson, Gen Mansfield and politics expert John Lichfield.
EXTRA READING
- France eyes social media ban for under-15s after school stabbing
- 12 world-changing inventions that came from France
- Paris unveils plans to bring forgotten underground river back to surface
- Paris seeks personhood status for River Seine
- ANALYSIS: How much of a threat is extreme-right violence in France?
- Passenger compensation for flight delays set to decrease in Europe
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