Relocation expert Clinton Perrot-Schwartz knows all about the myriad challenges facing foreigners moving to France, but he says often the biggest shift is a cultural one - learning not to fight the French administration but go with the flow and accept its demands.
France had long been a popular destination for Americans, but recent data from the Interior Ministry showed a sharp rise in the number of new arrivals from the US, and that's something that has also been noted by people working in related sectors.
Clinton Perrot-Schwarz, owner of the Clinton & Reed relocation agency, has noticed the "huge influx" of American new arrivals.
He told The Local: "I've been working in this sector for just over four years and I have noticed it, and people who have been working in this area for 30 years say they have never seen anything like this.
"I don't think it's just about politics though, what we tend to see is people who have been thinking about a move to France for some time and then the political and economic instability in the US at the moment provides the final push for them to make the move.
