The Talking France podcast returns this week, covering Elon Musk’s missed meeting with French prosecutors, the potential consequences of scrapping the country’s low-emission zones, and the risk of flight cancellations this summer linked to the war in the Middle East.
Host Ben McPartland is joined by The Local France's Emma Pearson, Emma Albright and John Lichfield to look at all the news and talking points from France this week.
You can find the Talking France podcast on Spotify, Apple or the French platform Deezer and via our friends at World Radio Paris. You can download it here or listen on the link below.
Starting with how Elon Musk failed to show up for an interview with Paris prosecutors, who had summoned the American tech billionaire over a probe into his social media platform X and AI chatbot Grok, we also discuss what efforts France has made to try to step away from American tech.
Next, we look at the various low-emission zones across the country, originally introduced to tackle pollution. Following a recently passed amendment to scrap them, we’ll explore what this means for drivers and what could happen in areas where these zones are currently in place.
