Could the French soon have to pay more for eating chips and chocolate? 

With 17% of the French population now overweight, a report from the parliamentary working group on obesity, and headed up by the Valériie Boyer a member of Nicolas Sarkozy’s ruling UMP party, suggests that sugary and fatty foods should be subject to a 19% tax rate.

It will be interesting to see how easy any bill would be accepted by the country’s restaurateurs – Staple dishes such as duck, steak and chips, and all those delicious cakes in Boulangerie windows would surely be hit. 

I feel a strike coming on…