Jeremy Clarke Jeremy Clarke

The tyranny of French bureaucracy

Applying for a bank account is like trying for a permit to open a Christian bookshop in North Korea

Having failed twice to open a French bank account, I thought I’d try instead for a post-office account. Credit: mauinow1

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