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France in July and August, and will be able to take up their holiday bookings,” the prime minister said, adding that this included both mainland France and its overseas territories. Philippe did offer the caveat that things could change if the situation deteriorates, while also pledging that holiday bookings would be refunded if they could not be taken.

“Everyone within tourism and hospitality is trying to make sure that people will be entirely refunded for their bookings if they are cancelled.”

Detailing the €18 billion rescue package, the prime minister also admitted that “tourism is facing its worst test in modern history, despite it being a major jewel

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With the tourist industry on its knees, the prime minister has said that families will be able to holiday within France as usual this summer.

rance is famously the most visited country in the world, with as many as 90 million people visiting these shores each year. As such, the French economy is expected to suffer more than most over the coming months from the inevitable drop in tourism due to the travel restrictions currently in place across the world.

While the tourist industry is bracing itself for a brutal summer, there was one ray of hope when Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced that the public “will be able to go on holiday within France” this summer and unveiled an €18 billion tourism support package.

“The French will be able to go on holiday in

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ne of my favourite films of all time is The Princess Bride. I took great pleasure in showing it to my kids a while back and thankfully they loved it too. You’re never quite sure if it is plain old nostalgia that binds you to the films, music and books of your youth, or whether they remain objectively good in today’s world. The Princess Bride passed with flying colours and everyone in my family can now regularly be heard exclaiming “inconceivable!” with an exaggerated lithp. (As an aside, The Goonies also passes this same nostalgia test - every bit as good today as it was back in the 80s!)

A scene from The Princess Bride came back to me recently when I was making my first forays into the big bad world of post-confinement France. As Fezzik leaves Inigo Montoya at the top of the Cliffs of Insanity to duel the mysterious Dread Pirate Roberts (I promise you, it’s better than it sounds!), he warns his friend, “You be careful. People in masks cannot be trusted.” I’m afraid to say I find myself agreeing with André the Giant on this one.

I’ll preface this with the obvious caveat of ‘absolutely wear a mask in public and respect social distancing rules’, but I find

the whole mask wearing thing very disconcerting. It might just be me, but everyone looks a bit shifty with their face covered.

I don’t know if it’s because I grew up with TV and movies associating balaclavas with violent criminals, and I can’t even blame the Dread Pirate Roberts as *spoiler alert*... he turns out to be quite nice.

It could be for a similar reason to why I find it much harder speaking French on the phone.

There are so many non-verbal clues in a person’s expression and demeanour that when these are absent, understanding them becomes an awful lot trickier.

But I don’t think it can only be that. I have not been at all anxious about going out and if everyone is vaguely sensible, there is very little to fear. But when I see large numbers of people with their faces covered, in my head I begin to feel their eyes furtively scanning the area and a part of my brain thinks that if they’re so worried about something, maybe I should be too?

I can usually take it for about twenty minutes before I become completely paranoid, begin to wonder if it is actually me that everyone is so afraid of and rush home to vigorously wash my hands.

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fortune out there to be made by someone. I am a glasses wearer, and anyone reading this who also wears glasses knows exactly what I am going to say next: will someone, please, invent a mask that does not instantly fog up the inside of your lenses the moment you have the temerity to make the slightest exhalation!!

I’m sure I must be reducing the chances of catching the lurgy slightly, but I am walking around half blind most of the time and my chances of getting hit by a bus must rise at least tenfold.

My eldest is in her first year of secondary school and whilst she was delighted to be able to go back to collège, one of the rules was that students had to wear a mask at all times. That is from eight in the morning until five in the afternoon and they can only remove it to eat lunch. I understand why and I know that it must sound ridiculous to frontline workers who have had to endure far more discomfort, but that would drive me crazy.

My youngest two are also back at primary school, but do not need to wear masks because of

their age. We tried putting one on my five year old when we went on our first - and still only - trip out as a family. Within five minutes he’d touched his face at least twenty times, dropped it on the floor half a dozen times and covered it in chocolate.

Even more impressive when I tell you that he had no access to chocolate. Inconceivable! I swear they all have a secret stash of the stuff hidden somewhere, pre-melted, for when they are wearing new clothes or told to stay clean.

Fortunately, they do not need to wear masks to school, but I think the teachers have been told not to take any chances and met them at the school gates on the first day back looking like we’d interrupted them during a spot of welding. After an initial double-take, they both seemed to take in their stride the fact that their teachers were wearing huge plastic face shields and thoroughly enjoyed seeing their friends again.

I’ve heard loads of talk, particularly in the UK, about how young kids can’t and won’t

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socially distance, so school is impossible. I’m afraid that is a load of old codswallop as my Nan would have said. Clearly a lot of planning went into it, but the teachers have been excellent and the kids have found plenty of ways of playing and interacting without touching each other. It’s obviously not been ideal, but was definitely the right thing to do.

Kids certainly are very adaptable and I don’t think they always get the credit they deserve in this regard.

The rules are changing rapidly at the moment, so don’t forget to check out our website and Facebook page for updates and articles over the coming weeks.

In the meantime, stay safe!

Until next month!

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Covid-19 is officially female!

Bars and restaurants to reopen 2nd June

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hen confinement finally ended for the majority of people on 11th May, the country's cafés, bars and restaurants remained closed. Initially there was fear within the industry that they would not be serving customers until at least July, but while outlining an €18 billion rescue package for the tourist industry, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced they could in fact reopen in green departments from 2nd June.

“Reopening as of 2nd June can be envisaged in green departments, if the epidemic situation does not deteriorate,” Philippe said, to the surprise of many. Bars, cafés and restaurants have been closed since 15th March, two days before the country went into lockdown.

Although this light at the end of a very long tunnel was welcomed by many, businesses in red zones, such as the nation's

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A capital, faced an even longer wait. “It’s been awful. We have no visibility on a reopening date or under what conditions we’ll be allowed to reopen,” one Paris bar manager, who asked to remain anonymous, said. “We’ve run our funds dry. Will customers even come back? One thing is for sure we can never allow our industry to be this fragile ever again.”

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo has laid out possible measures for reopening bars including closing some streets to traffic to allow the city's famously cramped café terraces to expand and ensure that social distancing measures can be respected.

During discussions, it had been suggested that tables in cafés and restaurants would need to be as much as four metres away from each other. This would have effectively reduced capacity by at least one quarter, leading to fears that under these conditions, many establishments

would simply be unable to run profitably and therefore remain closed for financial reasons; the government had previously confirmed that businesses which remain closed will continue to receive State support.

As we go to print, however, the government has now confirmed the 2nd June date, although it appears that the rules surrounding reopening were only finalised at the last minute. The new regulations are: all cafés, bars and restaurants must maintain a 1-metre gap between tables; staff will wear masks at all times; groups will be limited to 10 people; customers will be required to wear masks while moving around, but can remove them at their tables.

Meanwhile, Paris has been reclassified an “orange” zone and while businesses can reopen, seating will only be allowed outdoors for the time being. ■

ccording to Ariana Grande's hit song, “God is a Woman” and so now apparently is Covid! The Académie Française, guardians of the French language, have said a big “non” to those who have been calling the virus “le covid”, decreeing that the virus is most definitely feminine.

“Covid is the acronym for coronavirus disease and acronyms have the genus of the name that forms the core of the phrase of which they are an abbreviation,” the academy ruled in a statement on its website under the heading “Say, don’t say”, aimed at stopping the French language being 'infected' with Anglicisms. In short, this means that as the word describes an illness, in French “une maladie” (feminine), then any abbreviations or contractions should also be feminine.

“We should therefore say that for Covid-19, since the nucleus is an equivalent of the French feminine noun maladie, the use of the feminine gender would be preferable and it may not be too late to return the acronym to its proper gender.”

This is the same logic that means the national rail company SNCF (Société nationale des chemins de fer) is “la SNCF” because the nucleus of this group is “society”, which is feminine in French (une société), but that the IOC (International Olympic Committee Comité international olympique) is “le CIO” because the nucleus “committee” is masculine (un comité).

If that does not make sense, then rest assured, many native French speakers are equally confused! ■

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France launches face mask safety certificate

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art of the post-Covid-19 “new normal” is the wearing of masks.

The government has advised the public to wear face coverings when out and about, shops are able to require you to wear them and they are compulsory on all public transport. Since deconfinement began, many types have been widely available across the country, but not all masks are the same and it can be hard to know what protection the mask you are buying will give you.

In response, the government has unveiled an official logo to guarantee that a mask has met certain quality re-

quirements. The blue and red logo was launched on 11th May and is aimed at limiting fraud. It carries the words “filtration garantie” which certify that the mask has passed a test carried out by the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA).

The Economy Ministry said in an official statement that the test guarantees that the masks will filter at least 70% of particles larger than three microns.

The logo also states how many times the mask can be washed with four possibilities: “testé 5 lavages” (tested for 5 washes), “testé 10 lavages”, “testé 20 lavages” and “testé 30 lavages”.

Elsewhere, an MP has has put forward a bill introducing a €300 fine for anyone caught throwing their face masks or plastic gloves on the ground. Since the lockdown ended on 11th May, rubbish collectors in several major cities such as Paris, Lyon and Marseille have complained about the number of face masks being found on the floor. According to the environmental organisation Plastic Attack, a surgical mask takes 450 years to decompose.

Under the current law, a person can be fined €68 if they are caught throwing a surgical mask - or, indeed, any other

waste - on the ground. Eric Pauget, an MP for Les Républicains, wants to increase this fine to €300, saying this type of behaviour “has important health and environmental risks”.

Mr Pauget has also called for the use of video surveillance to punish offenders and said he wants municipal police officers to have the power to carry out identity checks in the street. “Each of these pieces of scattered waste not disposed of in accordance with the Environmental Code is a nuisance or pollution which constitutes a significant cost on many levels for the community.” ■

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endarmes saw the funny side in May when attempts to fine a woman for sunbathing on a public beach took an unexpected turn. During a routine patrol at Carnon in the Hérault department, an officer spotted the lady lying on a towel under a brightly coloured umbrella in the middle of an otherwise deserted beach. At the time, all beaches were closed to the public and the sun worshipper faced a dressing down and a €135 fine.

All was not as it seemed, however, and as the officers approached it became evident that the woman in question was in fact a blow-up doll placed on the beach as a prank. The gendarmes took the joke on the chin, which was a good job as the incident was captured on mobile phone footage and rapidly shared on social media.

Posting their own image of the offender on Twitter, the Hérault Gendarmerie wrote: “Whilst patrolling the department's beaches, our gendarmes came to the rescue of a blow-up doll which had been abandoned by its owner”. ■

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Rwandan genocide financier arrested near Paris

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fter an international manhunt lasting more than two decades, one of the most-wanted fugitives of the 1994 Rwandan genocide has been arrested in a rented home just outside Paris. Félicien Kabuga was detained in a dawn raid in Asnièressur-Seine, where he had been living under a false identity with the help of his children. The 84-year-old had been on the run since being indicted in 1997 by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on seven counts, including genocide.

The Rwanda tribunal formally closed in 2015 and its duties were taken over by the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), which also deals with cases left over from the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. “The arrest of Félicien Kabuga today is a reminder that those responsible for genocide can be brought to account, even 26 years after their crimes,” said Serge Brammertz, IRMCT’s chief prosecutor in The Hague. “For international justice, Kabuga's arrest demonstrates that we can succeed when we have the international community's support.”

Kabuga was one of Rwanda’s richest men and stands accused of being the main financier and logistical backer of the political and militia groups that committed the genocide which began when a plane carrying then-President Juvenal Hab-

yarimana - a Hutu - was shot down on 6 April 1994, killing all on board. Two of Kabuga's daughters were married to the president's sons and in the aftermath of his death, Hutu extremists blamed a Tutsi rebel group, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), for the deaths.

In a well-organised campaign of slaughter, militias were given hit lists of Tutsi victims, with many being killed with machetes in acts of appalling brutality.

Central to the massacre was the militia of the ruling party's youth wing, the Interahamwe, which set up road blocks to find Tutsis. The infamous radio station RadioTélévision Libre des Mille Collines incited the killings through broadcasts that directed roaming gangs of killers to roadblocks and sites where Tutsis could be located. An estimated 800,000 Tutsis - along with a number of moderate Hutus - died over the course of 100 days.

Prosectors believe that Kabuga funded both the radio station and the militia, who he is accused of supplying with weapons - including several hundred thousand machetes that were imported from China - as well as providing them transport in his company's vehicles.

At the time, little was done by the international community to stop the genocide. The UN had forces in Rwanda, but the mission was not given a mandate to act and so most peacekeepers pulled out as the

killings began. As war broke out, the RPF, backed by Uganda, eventually began gaining ground and marched on the capital, Kigali. Some two million Hutus fled, mainly to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the RPF itself was subsequently was accused of killing thousands of Hutus as it took power, a charge it denies.

“His trial may help us understand to what extent the genocide was planned,” said Filip Reyntjens, a Belgian expert on the genocide. “Kabuga is often mentioned as someone who was involved through the funding of the extremist radio station. He’s also mentioned in the context of the purchase of machetes. All

of that will need to be proven, but a trial could unearth of a lot of things 26 years after the genocide.”

The arrest has raised questions about how Kabuga was able to evade justice for so long and live so close to Paris, at least in recent years. Brammertz praised French authorities and said the arrest “could not have been made without their exceptional cooperation and skill”. He also thanked other countries including the US, UK, Rwanda, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, and international organisations such as Europol and Interpol for their assistance in what appears to have been a huge multinational operation. ■

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Bugle columnists win international cookbook award

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his year’s Gourmand International award for World’s Best French Cookbook has been won by The Bugle’s wine and food columnists, Julia Watson and Martin Walker, the husband and wife team behind Brunos Garten Kochbuch, first published in German last year.

The prize was to have been presented in June at the Louvre in Paris, where this year’s Paris Cookbook Fair was scheduled to be held.

Because of the Covid-19 lockdown, however, the Paris Fair has been postponed. The award will instead be presented at the Beijing International Book Fair later this year and a special ‘Best in the World’ sticker will now be affixed to new copies of the book.

This is the second time Martin and Julia have won this prize. The first time was in 2015 for the first Bruno cookbook.

“It is a great honour to win this award, in the face of enormous competition from professional chefs around the world,” Martin told The Bugle. “And we are just as pleased to learn from Penguin Random House, my publishers in the USA, that they will be bringing out an English-language version of the Bruno cookbook.”

The cookbook emerged from Martin’s popular series of the Bruno detective novels set in the Dordogne region, which have now sold 4 million copies worldwide. Germany is his biggest market, and last year his novel Menu Surprise topped the German, Swiss and Austrian bestseller lists in the same week.

“We are delighted not just that two Brits

have won the prize but also that it recognises the extraordinary range and quality of the classic cuisine of the Périgord,” Martin said.

Martin’s Bruno novels feature, as well as crime stories, long and lavish meals cooked by the hero, local chief of police Bruno Courreges, along with wines from the Bergerac vineyards.

“We’re not professional cooks,” said Julia.

“We insisted there should be no stylists tweaking the dishes or applying cosmetic tricks for the camera. Everything was cooked in our kitchen and photographed as it came out of the oven, untouched. We wanted an honest representation of the home cooking and top ingredients for which the Périgord is renowned. So that anyone who cooks the recipes will find their versions look just like the pictures in the book.”

The winning cookbook features eighty recipes covering all the seasons of the year and stem mostly from Martin and Julia’s vegetable garden, their fruit trees and their chickens, on the outskirts of Le Bugue. Prize-winning German photographer Klaus Einwanger took the photos of the food and the region, the vegetable garden and the lunches and dinners with friends that illustrate the book.

Bugle Editor Steve Martindale and his family were among those photographed in the book at a picnic Martin and Julia prepared for friends, along with the families of winemakers Caro and Sean Feely of Château Feely, and Humphrey and Sue Temperley from Château Lestevenie. ■

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>> continued from pg 1 in the French economy. Whatever strikes tourism obviously strikes at the heart of France.” Tourists staying at gîtes, hotels and campsites normally bring in around €56 billion in tourism receipts each year and help to sustain more than two million jobs.

The comments came shorty after President Macron had warned: “We will limit major international travel, even during the summer holidays. We will stay among Europeans, and we may need to reduce it even more. There are restrictions, and that is to be expected. We have not won the battle against the virus. It is still there, we have just slowed it down.”

Along with the €18 billion fund, there has also been State aid for many small businesses to cover loss of income.

Furthermore, the country’s partial unemployment scheme - known as chômage partiel - will remain in place for the service industry until at least the end of September.

With many families having been forced to cancel their overseas holidays this summer, it is not yet known how many will rebook trips within mainland France and whether domestic tourism, along with the proposed State aid, will be enough to prop up the country’s tourist industry. Beaches across the country have started opening to the public and bars, cafés and restaurants will be able to reopen from 2nd June, albeit with a reduced capacity due to expected social distancing rules.

It was also not immediately clear if the 100-kilometre rule would also apply to those going on holiday within France, or if this restriction would be relaxed come July. In a newspaper interview, junior tourism minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne suggested that with more and more natural and cultural destinations reopening in ‘green’ departments, holidaymakers should focus on “local tourism” within 100 kilometres of their homes. He also suggested that people should spread out “over the whole country” and not all congregate on the coasts and beaches. He did not rule out the idea of extending the 100-kilometre limit further, however, and said “the radius may expand outwards” depending on the state of the epidemic.

[Editor: As we go to print, it has now been confirmed that the 100-kilometre travel limit will be lifted from 2nd June.]

Some of the country’s most rural departments, such as the Creuse (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), Lozère (Occitanie), and Nièvre (‎Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) are preparing for increased visitor numbers this summer, as their relatively low population densities and wide open spaces make them ideal destinations for “socially distanced” domestic holidays.

Politicians are clearly gearing up for what is being hailed a “blue, white and red” summer (the colours of the French flag) and the State rail operator SNCF has pledged a full domestic service by July. The company’s CEO, Jean-Pierre Farandou, told journalists in May: “We are preparing to make 100% of our trains available this summer” and stressed that

tickets will also include free cancellation or exchanges in case of any future “reconfinement”. Despite this, those who have a car and are able to travel by road are being encouraged to do so.

While the prospect of domestic tourism will be a relief for many, it is international travel that remains the biggest question mark. “Air travellers will struggle, mainly because borders are still very likely to be closed,” admitted Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne.

Despite initial assurances from both the British and French governments that no quarantine restrictions would be enforced for travel between the two countries, a subsequent U-turn has meant that tourists travelling in either direction must quarantine themselves for 14 days when arriving in either country (although this is voluntary on the French side). There is a similar rule in place for travel between France and Spain after the Spanish government introduced a twoweek quarantine for arrivals.

The retaliatory quarantine introductions run contrary to the government’s position.

“Concerning the internal borders, we have reciprocity agreements with neighbouring countries and one can imagine that progressively, provided lifting lockdown works and the pandemic does not resume, we will be able to reconsider these closure measures,” said Foreign Minister JeanYves Le Drian. “I think that progressively, from June 15th, we will be able to start a generalised easing, at least that is what I hope.”

Those from the UK, Spain or outside of Europe who are willing to endure

two periods of quarantine to enjoy their summer break will still be able to come to France, however, and a number of airlines are currently selling flights to and from the country’s airports. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has recommended that it should be possible to fly again within France from June, and within Europe from July, although this still needs governmental approval.

Charles-de-Gaulle, the country’s main international airport north of Paris, has installed thermal cameras to detect arriving passengers with a high fever, one of the symptoms of coronavirus infection.

Ryanair has committed to restoring 40 per cent of its European flights by 1st July and EasyJet has said it will resume some flights on 15th June. At the time of going to press, these flights are still for sale and scheduled, although passenger numbers may be reduced and a number of restrictions will be in place, for example no onboard snacks, wearing a mask, temperature checks at the gate and being required to request a visit to the toilet rather than queuing. Passengers are also expected to be required to provide details of where they will be staying to allow authorities to check that quarantine rules are being obeyed.

Ryanair’s CEO Eddie Wilson said in a statement: “After four months, it is time to get Europe flying again so we can reunite friends and families, allow people to return to work, and restart Europe’s tourism industry, which provides so many millions of jobs.” ■

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n olive farmer who helped migrants enter the country illegally has been cleared of all charges by a French court in a groundbreaking case that centred around so-called “crimes of solidarity”. Cédric Herrou was given a four-month suspended sentence in August 2017 for helping around two hundred people cross the border from Italy into southern France and setting up a camp for them. He was also convicted of sheltering fifty Eritreans in a disused railway building.

The farmer had become a local hero for helping the migrants to cross the border and he remained unapologetic throughout the legal process. “If we have to break the law to help people, let’s do it,” he told supporters outside court during his original trial, insisting he was acting on humanitarian grounds. “Our role is to help people overcome dan-

ger, and the danger is this border,” he said, accusing French police of detaining thousands of minors and dumping them back across the border.

In December 2018, the Cour de Cassation - France’s court of final appeal - overturned Herrou’s original conviction and sent the case back to the appeals court in Lyon, which has now thrown out all charges, saying that Herrou’s actions were not a crime under the “principle of fraternity” as enshrined in France’s motto: liberté, égalité, fraternité. France's Constitutional Council, which evaluates the validity of French laws, ruled that people cannot be prosecuted for “crimes of solidarity”.

“Reason and the law has triumphed,” said Herrou's lawyer, Sabrina Goldman. “Why focus on someone who did nothing but help? How can what he did be regarded as anything other than a humanitarian act?”

“Cédric Herrou did nothing wrong, he simply showed compassion towards people abandoned in dire conditions by European states,” said Amnesty’s Rym Khadhraoui, following the ruling. “Whilst it is a relief that

Cédric Herrou’s ordeal is now over, he should never have been charged in the first place.”

Amnesty International believes the ruling would have implications throughout Europe for the criminalisation of

“acts of solidarity” and argued that French law should now be amended to ensure only people smuggling - which entails a material benefit - is considered an offence, and not humanitarian assistance. ■

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British ski instructor has finally won a long-running legal fight over his right to work in France.

Simon Butler, 57, was fined a total of €42,000 during 2013 and 2014 for repeatedly taking out clients at his ski school in the upmarket Alpine resort of Megève despite lacking French certification. Butler has a licence issued by the British Association of Snowsport Instructors, but local French instructors accused him of unfair competition, implying that securing his qualifications was easier than meeting the French requirements.

Butler appealed the fines - which also came with a suspended prison sentence - arguing that under EU law his British ski training licence allowed him to operate in any country across the bloc.

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litical dimension when Butler appeared for a 2014 hearing accompanied by a UKIP spokesman, who denounced “a blatant display of national discrimination by the French government”.

The British instructor won a counterclaim against the French Sports Ministry at a court in Lyon in 2016, although a criminal appeals court in Chambéry subsequently upheld the original fines. This set off a further round of court skirmishes, which finally came to an end in May when a Lyon appeals court threw out the criminal case against the British instructor.

Butler's lawyer, Philippe Planes, added that his client's newfound freedom to teach at the school he runs would not be changed by Brexit. “It won't change anything for Britons already settled here, their rights are secured,” he said. “For others in the future, that will depend on the negotiations under way on Britain's future relation with the EU.”■

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otorists caught committing a driving infraction whilst using their mobile phone face losing their driving licence on the spot under new tougher laws introduced in May. The list of offences that could see your licence removed include speeding, failing to use your indicators, crossing a thick white line, failing to give way to pedestrians or performing a dangerous overtaking manoeuvre. According to road safety authorities, mobile phone usage is a factor in one in ten serious road accidents and increases your chances of being involved in an accident by three.

Motorists who commit an offence while on their phone will now have their licence immediately removed by the police or gendarmes and, after 72 hours, authorities can further extend the driving ban by up to one year depending on the severity of the offence, whether it resulted in injuries or a

crash, as well as whether drugs or alcohol were involved.

Elsewhere, official figures have shown that road deaths in April more than halved compared to the same month last year, largely as a result of the lockdown. In April, 103 people died on the roads in France, compared to 233 the previous year. The number of serious accidents resulting in injury fell by 74 per cent from 4,234 to 1,099.

With the roads relatively empty, however, some have taken the opportunity to test the speed of their vehicles, including one motorist in the south of France who was clocked driving at 250 km/h! “Since the start of the lockdown, traffic has decreased by 60 per cent, but the number of serious speeding incidents has increased by 16.3 per cent,” explained Chantal Perrichon, head of road safety group Ligue contre la violence routière. “Some people have let off steam by letting their vehicles loose on deserted roads.”

France has seen almost 30,000 people die from coronavirus, but these deaths have been heavily concentrated around Paris and the north-east of the country.

This fact, combined with the drop in seri-

ous traffic accidents and a similar reduction in the number of fatalities at work, have led many departments to actually register fewer overall deaths in March and April than in previous years. ■

Breweries forced to destroy 10 million litres of beer

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espite France consuming record amounts of alcohol under the recent lockdown, it has been revealed that the country's brewers will have to destroy over 10 million litres of beer in the coming weeks. “The brutal closure of cafés and restaurants, the end of tourism and the cancellation of all of our festivals and shows has left 10 million litres of beer, mainly in barrels, languishing,” said the professional association Brasseurs de France, which has 300 industry members producing 98% of the country's beer.

The reason for the huge levels of waste is reflective of the nation's changing drinking habits.

Whilst more traditional “blonde” beers survive well in barrels, the increasingly popular “craft”

beers are often unpasteurised and spoil quickly. “These are very hoppy beers, and if we keep them for too long - after two or three months' storage - the nose, the taste and the flavour disappears.”

The body blamed the closure of cafés and restaurants, combined with an abrupt halt to tourism and the cancellation of festivals for the 10 million-litre surplus.

“The destruction of this beer will have come at a significant cost for businesses,” said the association, appealing for public aid to compensate for the bitter loss.

“We are a very indebted sector since we invested €241 million in development in 2019 - a significant figure for a turnover of just over four billion euros.”

Although France is more famous for its wine, the country

has seen a boom in beer sales in recent years, spurred in large part by an explosion in the number of craft micro breweries.

Many of these have now been forced to stop production, however, and 70 per cent of brewers have reported losing more than half their turnover since the start of confinement.

Some cafés, bars and restaurants are looking likely to reopen in June, but many smaller businesses are worried that this may already come too late for them.

A large proportion of the workforce will continue to work from home and while sales of beer should steadily increase over the summer, volumes will be significantly lower than usual and the industry is bracing itself for a tough year. ■

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f your belt has felt a bit tighter since the end of lockdown, it may come as some consolation to know that you are not alone. A recent study of the country's confinement habits has shown that snacking and a lack of exercise has added an inch or two to the entire nation's collective waistline.

The study, performed by Ifop for Darwin nutrition, analysed the consequences of confinement on more than 3,000 people and showed that 57 per cent of those surveyed admitted they had gained weight. A further 29 per cent reported that their weight had not changed and just 14 per cent of us emerged from lockdown lighter than when it began.

Across the board, the average French person gained 2.5 kilograms during confinement, but socio-economic factors had a big impact: those from poorer backgrounds fared worse, as did those who were confined as part of large families. According to Mireille Guiliano's bestselling book, French Women

Don't Get Fat, but unfortunately for the fairer sex, the numbers don't back up this claim.

Women were almost as likely to pile on the pounds as men, although they did gain less weight on average (2.3 kg) compared to their male counterparts (2.7 kg).

The extra kilograms are being put down to a combination of less exercise, snacking - 42 per cent reported that an apéro had become part of their daily routine - and stress. It is not all bad news, however, as the nation gradually gets back to normal. The extra time at home has created a boom in home-cooking and also caused people to take a closer look at their food choices. One third of those surveyed said they are now more careful as to the origin of the food they buy while 35 per cent say they are now buying more locallyproduced food. A further 29 per cent said they will give more importance to the impact of their food on the environment after the end of confinement.■

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do something to celebrate, despite these difficult times.”

Harvey’s debut novel ‘Everything is Fine’ is a humorous tale about a social-media fitness influencer who lives an online lie. “The idea came from the fact that we’re all a little economical with the truth online,” explains Harvey. “We take selfies from the best angle, or send photos of the one cake that actually turns out right. I took this idea, and wondered what it would be like in the extreme.”

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debut novelist has had her dreams of launching her book shattered by the coronavirus crisis.

But she’s determined to celebrate the moment, despite the logistical challenges.

Gillian Harvey, 42, from Eymoutiers, has opted to move her book launch online and celebrate her debut over Facebook. “It’s taken me 20 years to catch the eye of a publisher,” says Harvey. “So it’s a huge moment for me. I wanted to

‘Everything is Fine’, which has been hailed “feel-good, funny and very relatable” by author Anna Bell - also a French resident - and “funny and honest” by bestselling author Elizabeth Buchan, promises a laugh-out-loud experience and the perfect escape during these uncertain times. The novel has also been recommended in New! Magazine, Grazia, Woman’s Way and the Evening Standard.

With such positive feedback, Harvey had been looking forward to launching the novel in style – with an event booked in Waterstones Victoria. “I was disappointed of course when it was cancelled,” she admits.

“But obviously health comes first and my book is not important in the grand scheme of things.”

Instead, Harvey plans to clink champagne with her webcam and wait for better days before taking her planned trip. “So many events have moved online, we’re getting used to attending Zoom meetings and seeing Facebook live events,” she says. “It’ll be fine.”

Everything is Fine is published

by Orion in e-book, paperback and audiobook and can be bought from amazon.fr, priced from €1.99. ■

French woman gives birth to sextuplets

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olling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has been spending lockdown at the Château de Fourchette in the Indre-et-Loire department that he has visited regularly since he bought it in 1982. As well as performing from the property for Lady Gaga's star-studded online concert, Jagger also recently recorded a two-minute parody film for Jimmy Fallon's US talk show, set in the grounds of the château.

The skit parodies a 1940s public service announcement offering advice on surviving lockdown and is voiced over by an upper class presenter in a style reminiscent of Harry Enfield's Cholmondley-Warner. Dur-

ing the clip, the Rolling Stone is urged to put down his guitar and “do something useful”, before being shown pruning his roses, driving sheep through the grounds, fixing a car and preparing an evening meal.

There was a serious side, however, with Jagger taking the opportunity to highlight the work of Save the Children. “Coronavirus - the biggest global health crisis of our lifetime - threatens children in every way,” read a message which accompanied the clip. “Your support today can help children in unsafe households, help protect and prepare doctors and health clinics in refugee camps and help support distance learning in the face of school closures.” ■

woman in Strasbourg has given birth to sextuplets, the first such birth in France for more than three decades. A team of 30 doctors delivered the six babies, which were born severely premature, by Caesarean section over the course of just four minutes. The newborns were immediately taken to the neonatal ICU where they are expected to spend the next few months under close supervision.

The five girls and one boy were born at just 24 weeks and 6 days and are reported to have weighed between 630 and 730 grams each. In a statement the Hautepierre Hospital said that the World Health Organization (WHO) considers children to be alive from 22 weeks and that all six were in a satisfactory condition.

The chances of sextuplets being born are around 1 in 4.7 billion “We are very careful, it is a situation which requires all the technical expertise of the high-performance team at Hautepierre Hospital,” said a medical source, praising the large team involved. “Despite the Covid crisis, these overworked teams were still able to mobilise.”

The chances of sextuplets being born are around 1 in 4.7 billion. The family already has two children prior to the recent arrivals and the most recent pregnancy was a result of ovarian stimulation which can lead to multiple pregnancy.

The last time a woman gave birth to six babies in France was in 1989. ■

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wo local software engineers have developed a video game called “Dordogne” based entirely in the Périgord. The game, created by Unanimation, features Mimi, who must travel through the region solving a series of puzzles. “Mimi is 32 years old when she learns of the passing of her grandmother who lived in the Périgord. She had left her granddaughter a number of letters and puzzles that she must solve using her childhood memories of the area,” explained Cédric Babouche, one of the duo behind the project. “Players control a younger version of Mimi through a series of flashbacks, creating their own memories and adventures along the way.”

“It’s an interactive story, a new form of expression where you can play with history,” added his partner Aymeric Castaing, “Research has shown that the Dordogne is one of the most recognised departments internationally. It made sense as a setting for an independent game.”

The game is notable for its beautiful scenery that looks more painting than pixel. The backdrops were created from a series of watercolours painted by Cédric, which were then rendered into three dimensional landscapes that the main character wanders through. “It’s a very cinematic approach,” explained the artist. “it’s not an open world, more a true stage where each scene is elegantly framed; we are in a world of moving watercolour.”

The game will be available late next year on PC and Nintendo Switch and the pair are also planning a version in Occitan. ■

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Beautiful Blackcurrants

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key component of a safe life this summer is not just a supply of face masks and thin rubber gloves. (Has anyone thought about the implications for sea life and the rest of the environment when we come to dispose of these?) It is a megaphone.

Those of us fortunate enough to have outside space will be sitting in it the requisite 2 metres apart. I don’t know about you, but my ears have found it a baffling experience adjusting to unfamiliar sounds or the lack of any sound at all. First, the disappearance of traffic and overhead plane noise (particularly those wretched fighter planes that rip through the sound barrier without warning). The empty echo in the eardrums has felt not unlike tinnitus. And now the silence has been replaced by such a joyful cacophony of liberated birds, I can’t hear a thing unless whoever I’m talking to is illegally well inside the authorised isolation zone of self-protection. So I’m investing in two megaphones - one for me, one spare for guests who haven’t brought their own.

If you’re querying why I’m having guests on the premises at all, I assure you I am following all the guidelines about not allowing them to come through the house and dusting it with the contaminating impurities of their exterior social connections.

They go round the edge. If I had a balcony accessible only through an interior room, I would also have invested in a ladder, so my guests could perform a Cyrano or Romeo from the street.

These stalwart friends will be greeted, as is the season, with a kir.

Lost for distractions, I have been making Crème de Cassis by the gallon in anticipation of a bit of garden social life. Blackcurrants are about to become available fresh in the markets. But you can generally find them frozen in most supermarket freezers all year round. They are a fine investment, not just for making Crème de Cassis, but for making blackcurrant sorbet which, along with lemon, is probably the most effectively refreshing sorbet flavour.

Kir was invented by Canon Félix Kir, a hero of the French Resistance who died in 1968 aged 92. His goal was to improve the livelihoods of the blackcurrant growers of Dijon, where he lived.

Just in case you’re new to the uplifting experience, Crème de Cassis topped up with chilled white wine makes a ‘Kir’. Topped with Champagne or Crémant, it’s a ‘Kir Royale’. A spoonful of Crème de Cassis poured over blackcurrant sorbet or vanilla ice cream lifts both to a higher plane the Canon would surely approve of.

Julia Watson has been a long-time Food Writer for newspapers and magazines in the US and the UK.

Crème de cassis Defrost if necessary and mash blackcurrants with a fork, or squeeze hard with clean hands. Mix ingredients together 500g blackcurrants in a large bowl then ladle into bottling 570ml eau-de-vie, vodka, gin or jars and leave in a warm sunny place for brandy at least a month, the longer the better, 340g sugar so make it in twice the quantity for the months to come. Strain through doubled muslin cloth, squeezing out the juice, and re-bottle. While you can buy an eau-de-vie at the pharmacy, cheap vodka makes a perfectly good stand in.

Ingredients :

Blackcurrant sorbet Ingredients : 500g blackcurrants Dsp lemon juice 285g sugar 425-565ml water 2 egg whites 4 tbsp Crème de Cassis (optional)

Purée the blackcurrants with the lemon juice in a blender or processor, then sieve to remove the seeds. Make a syrup with the water and sugar. Cool then add enough to the purée to make a purée the consistency of an apple purée that isn’t too solid. Pour into a container and freeze. Every now and then, stir the frozen edges into the centre of the purée until it is firm all through but not a hard block.

Whisk the egg whites in a large mixing bowl until stiff, using an electric beater. With the beater running on a modest speed, add a large spoonful of the frozen purée and whisk in. Very gradually, spoonful by spoonful, whisk in the remaining purée and finally the Crème de Cassis, then scrape into a container and freeze till required. You can serve this with small sweet biscuits, like langues de chat or biscotti, and more Crème de Cassis poured over.

If you want to make a lemon sorbet, use 285ml lemon juice to 285g sugar and 565ml water and proceed as with the blackcurrant sorbet.

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hese have been challenging times, but hopefully as the restrictions are lifted we can start to enjoy more freedoms and adjust to the ‘new normal’. Many people will still be at home more than usual though and continue looking for positive ways to spend this time.

While home improvements, baking or learning a new skill are usually top of the list, this is also a good opportunity to tend to your financial well-being.

With the Brexit clock still ticking, expatriates in particular can benefit from using this time to fine tune their tax, pensions and estate planning. Here are some key considerations.

The Brexit countdown

After an understandable break while the UK and EU prioritised public health issues, Brexit negotiations have recently resumed. While it may seem unrealistic that trade deals can be agreed before the transition period ends on 31 December, this remains the deadline.

The UK government has until July to request an extension, but first needs to amend the law that prevents it – and has reiterated unwillingness to do so.

This means 2021 could still start with a no-deal Brexit. As such, it is more important than ever to make sure you are prepared from 1 January. Even if there is a further Brexit extension, getting arrangements in place may take several months, so there is no time to waste.

Residence As things stand, you need to be le-

gally resident in France before the end of 2020 to come under the protection of the Withdrawal Agreement.

This guarantees the right to stay and enjoy uninterrupted benefits for as long as you remain resident there.

If you are still planning to permanently move to France, use this time to get your affairs in order. To acquire residence after the transition period, you will almost certainly have to meet more stringent requirements than today, including demonstrating a minimum income per person. So where possible, put plans in place to relocate before 31 December 2020.

If you are already abroad but not yet registered as resident, explore steps you can take now to secure the lawfully settled status required postBrexit.

Tax planning The way you structure your assets and wealth can make a significant difference to your tax bill. You need to make sure your arrangements are structured appropriately for your life abroad as well as your particular aims, circumstance, goals and risk appetite.

Are you taking advantage of tax-efficient structures available in France?

Besides tax savings, these may offer additional benefits such as currency and income flexibility.

Regardless of Brexit, it is worth reviewing your UK assets to establish how much they are costing you in tax.

Now, with just a few months until the UK is set to fully leave the EU, this is even more important to prevent un-

necessary taxation if rules change.

Pension planning With more UK pension freedom than ever, review your options with care.

Many expatriates choose to transfer UK pensions to a Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme (QROPS). Although you can currently transfer to EU/EEA-based QROPS tax-free, this could change after the Brexit transition ends. The UK has already brought in a 25% ‘overseas transfer charge’ for other transfers and has the means to easily extend this to EU/EEA transfers once it sheds its EU obligations. So if you are considering a QROPS, don’t risk leaving it so late that you potentially lose a quarter to UK taxes.

QROPS can also offer advantages such as income and currency flexibility, but will not suit everyone. You may find it more beneficial, for example, to reinvest UK pension funds into French-compliant investment arrangements, or even leave your UK pension where it is. Before making a decision, take care to review the best course of action for your particular circumstances with personalised, regulated pensions advice.

Estate planning Is your legacy on track to go to your chosen heirs according to your wishes and with minimal taxation? Take care to understand the succession laws and inheritance taxes in France and anywhere else you have assets and heirs.

Also, make sure you review the pros and cons of using the EU succession regulation ‘Brussels IV’ to override local ‘forced heirship’ rules.

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ust outside the village of Boisse, about three miles east of Issigeac, is the Domaine des Moulins de Boisse. It is notable for a splendid view up the hill to the two stone windmills and also because it is an export powerhouse.

Almost two-thirds of the wine produced goes to China, to which I can only reply: lucky Chinese.

On a recent visit just after the end of the lockdown I was deeply impressed by two wines. The first was the cuvée Alexandre, 2018, a Bergerac Sec dry white wine that had matured in oak barrels, which is rare.

Even more striking was that they had used Sauvignon Gris rather than the usual Sauvignon Blanc. You have to be a very self-confident winemaker to use Sauvignon Gris. It is a fragile grape and tends to give a low yield. It also ripens early, which further complicates matters for the winemaker.

The result was terrific, notes of lemon in the bouquet and rich and round in the mouth, a very generous feel and a most satisfying aftertaste. The website says it costs 9 euros a bottle but the

price list at the vineyard said it was only 7 euros, which is a most remarkable bargain.

Then came the red, cuvée Floriane, 2010, which I feared would be a little old and tired. Not at all. It is drinking perfectly, a fullbodied, almost opulent wine whose flavour stays with you. I have drunk St Emilions at three times the price and not at all memorable. I bought a case on the spot. A snip at 9 euros a bottle I’d have been crazy not to take some home.

“We like to keep our wines until we think the moment is right to sell them,” Stéphanie Molle told me. She shares the work with her husband, Bernard, son of the man who started the vineyard in 1964, after being expelled from Algeria. Bernard learned his trade at the great Sauternes house of La Tour Blanche, which helps explain his confidence in working with the notoriously difficult Sauvignon Gris.

It is a small vineyard of ten hectares, mostly in red, and they produce wines outside the appellation rules like a pure Merlot and a rosé. They offer (lockdown permitting) dinners with wine at the

vineyard in summer but are not sure when they will be able to start this year.

Not far away, at St Aubin de Cadelech, between Eymet and Issigeac, we visited the Domaine du Siorac, of which I had heard a great deal, in part because chefs tell me they produce excellent verjus for cooking, the sharp young grape juice that goes so well with rabbit. What I had not expected was the first wine I tasted, a truly distinctive rosé that had a most unusual depth and body. This was not your light, pale pink Provence rosé but a serious wine.

Out loud I asked if there could be some Malbec in this? Indeed, about 30 per cent. And there was something else that baffled me.

No wonder, since it was a grape I had never heard of, a wine locally known as Périgord, from the Mérille Noir grape which very nearly died out during the phylloxera crisis of the 19th century. Now, I was told, the Domaine du Siorac was working with this traditional grape to see if it could help replace the Merlot, which is suffering from the hotter summers brought by climate change.

Of course, at a place like Siorac, which dates back to 1818, they have long memories or maybe legends of ancestors working with this grape but they have certainly produced a memorable wine, and it’s a steal at around 4.60 euros a bottle, but buy a case of 12 and you only pay for eleven. Of course we bought a case. The 2016 Bergerac red at 5.40 a bottle was another bargain, a sound and solidly traditional wine that I could drink all day, and at that price one could afford to do so.

Then came the stunner.

A white wine wine called 1818, made for the 200th anniversary, it is a rich and powerful blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Gris, Muscadelle and Sémillon and I had never tasted anything quite like it before. Muriel Landat (a descendant of one of the two families that took over the property 202 years ago) smiled at my bafflement and at my evident surprise that it was an IGP, rather than the conventional appellation.

“We kept it in barrels of acacia wood, not oak, which we think is better for white wine,” she explained. “It is a

gentler wood, less intrusive in taste and we think it gives the wine a richer feel in the mouth.”

I’d never heard of acacia barrels before but I had to agree. It was truly a splendid wine, and at 18.30 euros a bottle, not expensive.

You could pay a lot more and drink a great deal worse in Graves or in PessacLéognan. And you would not get the guided tours of the vineyard, on foot or by bike or by electric train, nor the picnics amid the vines.

They take the consumer experience very seriously here, but the real treasure is the wine they make. I’ll be drinking a lot of their rosé this summer. ■

Martin Walker, author of the best-selling ‘Bruno, chief of police’ novels, is a Grand Consul de la Vinée de Bergerac. Formerly a journalist, he spent 25 years as foreign correspondent for The Guardian and then became editor-in-chief of United Press International.

He and his wife Julia have had a home in the Périgord since 1999 and one of his great hobbies is visiting the vineyards of Bergerac.

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They have now been in France for five years and have run a very successful boarding kennel but more and more, they are being asked by their community to take in and help more animals in need.

In the past, they have used their own resources and expertise to take care of the animals, however recently, with the number of animals who need help increasing, they decided it was time to take the final step and become a fully registered Association.

As an Association, they aim to: - Rescue animals in their community and provide a permanent or temporary sanctuary until a loving home can be found.

- Rehabilitate and train those animals in need, giving them the love and care to enable them to be re-homed successfully.

- Offer guidance and support to people in their search for a companion and also in matters of reporting cruelty or welfare concerns.

If you would like to help Leanne and Teresa continue to make a difference to the lives of animals in need you can do so please by donating, getting in touch, volunteering, adopting, helping to organise fundraising or using their boarding kennel and livery services.

They receive no state funding and so rely heavily on voluntary donations. Any donations will be gratefully received.

For more information visit https://darquinnanimalrescue.fr Thank you.

SALES@THEBUGLE.EU

06 04 17 80 93