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French government spokesperson Gabriel Attal has said that the newly announced inflation allowance will also be paid to "scholarship students and fiscally independent students" who earn less than 2,000 euros per month.
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According to a survey published today and carried out by Odoxa consulting 62% of French people today believe that the health pass is ultimately a "good measure”.
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Speaking on French television on Thursday evening Prime Minister Jean Castex has promised a "compensation of 100 euros for those who earn less than 2,000 euros net per month". A more than welcome boost for millions of French people in order to cope with the surge in prices at the petrol pump the aid will be paid automatically from December for employees, from January for “civil service employees” and “a little later for others”.
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Northern areas of France are gradually getting back to normal after the storm which affected the area last night and early this morning. Gusts of 175 km/h were recorded in the Seine-Maritime and 153 km/h at the Eiffel tower in Paris
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The man who was on the run suspected of having beheaded his grandfather has been arrested in the Bollène district in the Vaucluse.
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Police in the Vaucluse are actively searching for an individual suspected of having beheaded a man. The 37-year-old man is suspected of being the perpetrator of a homicide and is on the run in the Bollène area, between Montélimar and Orange in the Vaucluse.
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Figures have been released for hospitalizations from Covid-19 in the Var. As of yesterday, 19 October, there were 31 patients hospitalised, which is 4 less than a week previously
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A bouncer of the well-known night club in Old Nice the Blue Whales, has been saved by his bulletproof vest.
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A family in Cannes have been victims of a violent home-jacking. On Sunday evening two armed and hooded men entered their home. After assaulting the family, they left with money and valuables, including luxury jewelry.
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A court in Paris has issued a warrant compelling former president Nicolas Sarkosy to testify at a hearing. He will be obliged to attend the court as a witness on 2 November.
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A motorist has died in a road accident on the Moyenne Corniche this morning, Tuesday 19th October. Despite the intervention of witnesses, the driver died from his injuries.
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The obligation to wear a mask has been extended until November 2nd in the Alpes-Maritimes. As the incidence rate is still above the alert threshold, the prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes has decided to renew the measure for the region until November 2nd.
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President Macron is in Poitiers in the Vienne department today to launch a major meeting aimed at ovehauling the French justice system
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A motorist has been injured on the A8 motorway this morning after the bucket part of a crane, being transported on a lorry, fell on to the roof of his car.
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Police have appealed for any witnesses to come forward after a 70-year-old man was knocked off his electric bicycle and died in Villeneuve Loubet on the Avenue des Plans on Sunday morning.
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