 The blood-sucking pests are drawn to the warmth and carbon dioxide exhaled by humans (Picture: Reuters) Bites aren't generally too painful and tend to be more itchy than anything (Picture: Reuters) Paris is especially crawling with the critters, its deputy mayor has said (Picture: Reuters) With tourists expected to flock to France next year for the Olympics – and right now for Paris Fashion Week – officials are trying to stamp out the pests. Transport minister Clement Beaune vowed to 'reassure and protect' the public on Friday. Posting on X, formerly known as Twitter, he said he is speaking to transit operators this week. The RATP, which runs the Paris' public transport network, said any train spotted with bedbugs aboard was taken out of service for treatment, according to The Local France. Speaking to French TV station LCI, the capital's deputy mayo){kind=link}
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People in France may never sleep tight again as a wave of bedbugs continues to bite.
The brown tick-size critters, infamous for making hotel mattresses their home, were almost wiped out in France in the 1950s.
But politicians have been under increasing pressure from bite-scratching people and health officials since the insects came back with a vengeance in the 1990s.