France: Standard letters are delivered within three days. Last year, the timbre rouge, a red stamp guaranteeing next day delivery, was replaced by a modern digital equivalent.
The “services plus” scheme now offers tracked delivery within two days, and compensation for any late arrivals.
Denmark: Arguably the most bullish in Europe in reducing its postal service, driven in part by a desire to reduce paper waste. Standard deliveries were taken down to just one a week in 2016.
The requirement for a single firm to handle a national service has been ditched.
