{"id":688567,"date":"2026-01-11T09:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T09:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/688567\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T09:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T09:01:12","slug":"6-essential-articles-for-life-in-france-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/688567\/","title":{"rendered":"6 essential articles for life in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                        Why you might need to update your post-Brexit French residency card, law changes in France that will affect drivers, holiday entitlement, and how Amal and George got French citizenship.\n                    <\/p>\n<p>A rights organisation working on behalf of British nationals living in Europe has urged Brits to update their post-Brexit residency cards where applicable, in order to gain the benefits of permanent residency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelocal.fr\/20260106\/dont-delay-brits-in-france-urged-to-upgrade-post-brexit-residency-permits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>\u2018Don\u2019t delay\u2019: Brits in France urged to upgrade post-Brexit residency permits<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new year in France tends to usher in a clutch of new laws, and the rules of the road are no exception \u2014 here\u2019s what has changed for motorists in France in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelocal.fr\/20260108\/speeding-tolls-and-ct-what-changes-for-drivers-in-france-in-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Speeding, tolls and CT: What changes for drivers in France in 2026<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Workers in France, it\u2019s high time to take a look at the 2026 calendar to see where you can get the best value for your annual leave in France with our month-by-month guide to the year\u2019s public holidays.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelocal.fr\/20251119\/how-to-make-the-most-of-frances-2026-public-holidays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Is 2026 a good year for public holidays in France?<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They own a house here and they say they love France, but as people on this path will know, there&#8217;s a little more to applying for French citizenship than that. So how did George and Amal Clooney become French?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelocal.fr\/20251230\/just-how-did-george-and-amal-clooney-get-french-citizenship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Just how did George and Amal Clooney get French citizenship?<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the winter sales officially under way in France, here&#8217;s what you need to know about the sales season, including your all important consumer rights.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelocal.fr\/20200110\/cest-parti-frances-winter-sales-have-begun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Your consumer rights for shopping in French sales<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s dismal and a bit dank and very windy outside right now, but Spring really isn\u2019t that far away, so here\u2019s what you can look forward to in France as the days get longer, the sky bluer, and the sun warmer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelocal.fr\/20251231\/what-to-do-and-where-to-go-in-france-in-spring-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>What to do and where to go in France in Spring 2026<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why you might need to update your post-Brexit French residency card, law changes in France that will affect&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5226],"tags":[802,748,2000,299,5187,1699,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-688567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brexit","8":"tag-brexit","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-european","13":"tag-european-union","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115875655435862744","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}