{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62220755dea798001213358c/6ae37016b4ef3baecfb11ca3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Has France done enough to calm unrest and why is a new autoroute so hated?","description":"<p>Has calm returned to the streets of France? Can shopkeepers and store owners remove the wooden barricades and metal shutters? What further protests are planned? Will high school students peacefully return to the classrooms next week as the government and the president desperately hope?</p><p><br></p><p>Or are we heading for weeks of unrest up until Christmas?</p><p><br></p><p>We’ll try to answer these questions in this week’s episode.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Be ready for what&#39;s next in France: <a href=\"https://www.thelocal.fr/membership-offer?tpcc=invite\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Listeners can join The Local France for €29.99 / year</a> - introductory offer.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>And if any members can help us further and would like to make a donation, <a href=\"https://www.thelocal.fr/20261020/protests-in-france-what-to-expect-on-saturday-october-24th\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">you can get more information here</a> - just scroll to the bottom.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>And we’ll look at why France’s newest motorway has taken so long to open and why motorists in the south west are vowing not to use it.</p><p><br></p><p>And we’ll look at the fine tradition of Halloween in France and some of the spooky and not so spooky things you can do this year.</p><p><br></p><p>Host Ben McPartland is joined by The Local’s own team of sorcerers Emma Pearson, Emma Albright and John Lichfield.</p>","author_name":"The Local France"}