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‘France Is for the French’: Brexit Expats Adjust to Life in Paris

Thousands of finance jobs are moving to the French capital, forcing bankers moving from London to adapt.

Helena Moyas de Forton at a bakery in the Neuilly-sur-Seine suburb of Paris.

Photographer: Cyril Marcilhacy/Bloomberg

Paris is rapidly establishing itself as the leading finance hub in the European Union, attracting thousands of banking jobs as Brexit reverberates across the continent.

For many of those who’ve relocated to the City of Light, it’s an opportunity to embrace all the things that make Paris famous: art, fashion, food and that certain je ne sais quoi that captures the hearts of so many visitors.