Cross-Border Employment Between Belgium and France Increases
Over 85,500 Belgians are now working across the border, while the number of French workers in Belgium has also risen.
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Over 85,500 Belgians are now working across the border, while the number of French workers in Belgium has also risen.

Europe is experiencing a severe heatwave, with France recording its hottest day and the UK breaking its June temperature record, leading to power outages, school closures, and an increase in heat-related deaths across the continent.

France's "Tax Liberation Day," the point at which French workers are considered to be working for themselves rather than for taxes, has been pushed back by four days this year to July 22 due to increased charges.

Thousands of French workers are relocating to border towns like Divonne, Gex, and Saint-Julien-en-Genevois to commute to Geneva, leveraging higher Swiss salaries for a better quality of life in France.

As French workers face record-breaking temperatures, attention is turning to Spain, where measures introduced to deal with extreme weather are inspiring a proposal for climate leave in France.