Health minister Agnès Buzyn has stated that she wants to lower France's drink drive limit from its current level of 0.5g/L (the equivalent of one small beer or one small glass of wine) to zero. READ ALSO What are the penalties if you drink and drive in France? Health minister Agnès Buzyn has even banned wine at lunchtime in the French Health Ministry. Photo: AFPThe minister, who as part of his brief represents French wine growers, told radio station RTL: "I think we can party and drink drinks and that drinking French wine is very good. France has a high rate of drink driving, police recorded 123,926 drink driving offences in 2017, and drink driving caused the deaths of 1,035 people that year.

Source: The Local November 18, 2019 10:52 UTC