🗼 In response to the results of the European elections, the President of the Republic decided on June 9th to give the French people the opportunity to choose their parliamentary future by dissolving the National Assembly. This exclusive power of the President serves to resolve ongoing or anticipated crises or institutional deadlocks. This is the... Continue reading→

🗺️ If you are a foreign national and wish to work in France for more than 3 months, you may be eligible for the multi-year “Talent Passport” residence permit, which exempts you from the need to obtain prior work authorization. 🗼 The “Talent Passport” card can be issued in several situations: – If you are... Continue reading→

🗺️ Immersing yourself in a new culture means accepting to lose your bearings and take a leap into the unknown. How can you successfully integrate into French culture? Here are 10 keys to help you: 1. Learn the language: French is known for being challenging, but immersion makes it more accessible. Participating in language courses... Continue reading→

🚴 Place de la Concorde, chosen to host the BMX freestyle, Breaking, skateboard, and 3×3 basketball events for the Paris 2024 Olympics, is currently being transformed into an “urban park.” 👑 This iconic square has undergone many transformations and historical events. Created by the royal architect Jacques-Ange Gabriel, it was inaugurated in 1772 and named... Continue reading→

🤦‍♂️Are the French really awful complainers? This cliché sticks to us, but what is the reality? Have you noticed that little throat clearing followed by a sigh, characteristic of our exasperation? 🙎 Certainly, we often complain about things over which we have no real control, like the weather… but isn’t it a way to start... Continue reading→

📃 A foreign national holding a residence permit must apply for its renewal within the two months preceding its expiration in order to benefit from the three-month period allowing them to continue exercising their professional activity after the permit’s expiration (Cour de cassation, Social Chamber, November 29, 2023, No. 22-10.00). 💼 In a ruling by... Continue reading→

✒ On the set of Apostrophes, cigarette smoke slowly rose, sometimes obscuring the stage… 💥 The conversations grew heated, debates turned passionate, but each week, there was a shared love for words and literature. 🎶 The first notes of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1 opened the show, with publishing houses and publicists holding their breath,... Continue reading→

Key Steps and Mandatory Training for New Arrivals 📂 Did you know that foreigners arriving in France must follow a republican integration process with the OFII? 📃 This process begins with a half-day welcome visit to the OFII, during which the applicant signs the republican integration contract. 📄 During this visit, the applicant undergoes an...

⚜ Lily of the valley has been associated with the arrival of spring since ancient times. 👑 On May 1st, 1560, King Charles IX was reportedly given a few sprigs during a visit to Dauphiné. Finding the gesture delicate, he in turn offered these fragrant bells to the ladies of his court the following year.... Continue reading→

🗓 From May 14th to 25th, the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will grace La Croisette. ✴ This iconic rendez-vous of the cinematic world was born in 1938 through the vision of diplomat and historian Philippe Erlanger. 🎶 Disheartened by the political pressures influencing the Venice Film Festival juries to award Nazi propaganda... Continue reading→