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Should I go to a wedding in France next week?

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LargeDeviation · 01/07/2023 21:10

Due to attend a wedding of a close friend about 40 miles north of Paris next week. Have booked (non-refundable) Eurostar and hotel rooms. Was planning to get a train between Gare du Nord and the small town where the wedding is.

I see rioters with automatic weapons and fireworks not just in Paris/Marseille, but even in small towns. They seem to be destroying anything vaguely linked to the French state includnig pharmacies, libraries etc as well as the usual burning of cars. Macron still hasn't declared a state of emergency.

Foreign office advice is ambiguous but doesn't advise against all or non-essential travel, so don't think travel insurance would pay out if I cancel.

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Naunet · 04/07/2023 08:47

Frenchfancy · 02/07/2023 07:39

It wouldn't even occur to me not to go. There is no reason for the wedding to be cancelled. My French friends are barely talking about it. It came up for 5 minutes yesterday lunchtime and was barely even mentioned last night at our table for 12.

UK media loves to show the worst parts of France. Yes there are riots, yes there are problems. But it is a very big country and the problems are limited to a few areas.

I mean that’s a strange view, the London riots were shown all over European tv, I had European clients terrified of coming to the UK and cancelling their arrangements to travel. The riots in France are much worse than what happened here, so it’s reasonable to question going.

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