What is the legal drinking age in france?

Question

What about england and belgium?

Answer 1

Officially it is as follows

France - 16 for beer & wine, and 18 for drinking strong liquor on premises

Belgium - 16 for beer & wine; 18 for strong spirits(20%+), but drinking at home no official age

UK - 18.  At 16 you may consume wine, beer or cider with a table meal, provided they are with an adult and an adult orders it

That's the official line and you can read the details here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_drink...  Unofficially it is often a little different, especially outside of the big cities

UK - this is the most strict from my experience.  Under-age drinking is always in the news and licencee's are being forced to check more carefully.

Belgium - well you can be asked for ID but in the smaller villages it's rare

In France - well that is def. a lot more laissez-faire about the drinking age, but at the same time the "get drunk" culture is very different from the UK as well

Answer 2

Do they HAVE a drinking age in France? I think Britain's is 16, or at least it was several years ago. I'm not sure about Belgium.

Answer 3

I didn't know there is a legal drinking age in France. Judging by my experience it must be 10. In some small towns in France they drink red wine like watter. 18 in England and 16 in Belgium.

Answer 4

16

http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/LegalDr...

Answer 5

France i believe is 16. I know you can actually buy it younger than that though, my french teacher said that she could send her son who is 13 to the store and he could get wine there.

18 is England.

But ive no idea for belgium.

Answer 6

It's 16 to buy alkoholic beverages, 16 to drink soft drinks in a bar or restaurant, like beer and wine, 18 to drink hard drinks.