What’s happening in France in July, how and why the 14th became the Fête nationale, how to keep cool when the temperature soars, the rules on remote working and inheritance clarified – and the beaches to avoid this summer
We may be in for more of the same with the weather in July – forecasters are warning of another heatwave already – but some things will be different.
A major update to parental leave rules, schools break up for summer, bac and brevet results come out, new requirements for new cars, and France’s national day – here’s what is going on in France in July 2026.
Everything that changes in France in July 2026
Speaking of July, as most people know, July 14th commemorates the storming of the Bastille, the symbolic start of the French Revolution – but the story of how this date became the Fête nationale and a public holiday is a little more complicated.
