https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The launch of an Apple store on the Champs Elysees in Paris was greeted Sunday by a protest against the US multinational's controversial fiscal practices. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181119/apple-pay-your-taxes-protest-greets-us-tech-giants-champs-lyses-launch Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:25:13 +0100 apple-pay-your-taxes-protest-greets-us-tech-giants-champs-lyses-launch A French court on Friday threw out a complaint by Apple demanding a ban on protests at its stores by the tax campaign group Attac. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180224/apple-loses-bid-to-ban-protests-by-french-tax-campaign-group Sat, 24 Feb 2018 09:25:51 +0100 apple-loses-bid-to-ban-protests-by-french-tax-campaign-group Behind France's criminal investigation into Apple's deliberate slowdown of its iPhones lies a tiny consumer rights organisation that has the world's biggest technology groups in its sights. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180110/hop-versus-apple-the-tiny-french-group-taking-on-us-tech-giant Wed, 10 Jan 2018 10:30:14 +0100 hop-versus-apple-the-tiny-french-group-taking-on-us-tech-giant Paris prosecutors have launched a probe of US tech giant Apple over suspected slowing down of some iPhone models. Apple Execs could face a jail sentence if found guilty. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180108/france-opens-probe-into-apple-over-suspected-slowing-down-of-iphones Mon, 08 Jan 2018 22:55:54 +0100 france-opens-probe-into-apple-over-suspected-slowing-down-of-iphones Apple has filed a lawsuit against the Attac activist group after about 100 of its supporters occupied the tech giant's flagship store in Paris last month, protesting alleged "wide-scale tax evasion" by the firm. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180104/apple-takes-french-tax-activists-to-court-over-store-protest-in-paris Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:14:23 +0100 apple-takes-french-tax-activists-to-court-over-store-protest-in-paris About a hundred activists occupied an Apple store in the French capital Saturday, demanding that the US technology giant pay billions of euros the EU says it owes in back taxes. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171203/activists-occupy-paris-apple-store-over-eu-tax-dispute Sun, 03 Dec 2017 05:21:43 +0100 activists-occupy-paris-apple-store-over-eu-tax-dispute French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire accused US internet giants on Friday of escaping their fair share of taxes in Europe, as he pushed the EU to urgently address the issue. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170916/france-slams-silicon-valley-for-skirting-tax-in-europe Sat, 16 Sep 2017 05:41:33 +0200 france-slams-silicon-valley-for-skirting-tax-in-europe After Apple unveiled its shiny new iPhone X to the world, French media noted with wonder and consternation that the hi-tech gadget cost almost exactly the same as a worker on France’s minimum wage earns for a month’s labour. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170913/france-shocked-at-iphone-x-costing-exactly-french-minimum-wage Wed, 13 Sep 2017 19:36:26 +0200 france-shocked-at-iphone-x-costing-exactly-french-minimum-wage A plan to name a Paris road "Rue Steve Jobs" is an insult to gender equality and to those working as "slaves" in Chinese factories, argues the French left. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161202/anger-over-planned-rue-steve-jobs-in-paris Fri, 02 Dec 2016 14:08:12 +0100 anger-over-planned-rue-steve-jobs-in-paris French authorities are seeking nearly €50 million from Apple for unfair trade practices against mobile operators, BFMTV reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160406/france-seeks-50-million-bite-out-of-apple Wed, 06 Apr 2016 10:24:30 +0200 france-seeks-50-million-bite-out-of-apple French MPs voted in favour of handing out draconian punishments to mobile phone companies who refuse to help investigators in terrorism inquiries. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160304/french-mps-back-fines-for-apple-unless-it-unlocks-phones Fri, 04 Mar 2016 08:26:25 +0100 french-mps-back-fines-for-apple-unless-it-unlocks-phones France will consider a law that would impose fines of €1 million on Apple and Google if they refused to hack into smartphones belonging to terrorists. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160229/france-could-hit-apple-with-1m-fines-for-decrypted-phones Mon, 29 Feb 2016 15:06:20 +0100 france-could-hit-apple-with-1m-fines-for-decrypted-phones Apple is planning to open a new store on the Champs Elysées in Paris in a building which would also house its French headquarters and a concert hall, media reports say. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150909/apple-plans-store-on-champs-elyses Wed, 09 Sep 2015 13:57:25 +0200 apple-plans-store-on-champs-elyses The multinational tech giant Apple is being investigated by the French tax authorities, who are concerned over the amount of tax being paid on some seemingly low turnover figures in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150414/french-taxman-investigates-apple Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:35:40 +0200 french-taxman-investigates-apple France’s culture minister has ordered the removal of a giant advertisement for Apple’s iPhone that locals said was desecrating the facade of a historic building in one of Paris’s most beautiful squares, the Place des Vosges. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140506/apple-ad-place-des-vosges Tue, 06 May 2014 15:06:00 +0200 apple-ad-place-des-vosges US tech giant Apple has reportedly backed down on its decision to ban a French book because of its cover which featured an image of a nude woman. The embargo had caused ire among the book's French publishers. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140327/apple-back-tracks-on-ban-of Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:10:00 +0100 apple-back-tracks-on-ban-of US tech giant Apple has infuriated French publishers after it reportedly barred the online sale of a novel because the front cover featured a nude woman. An irate worker at the publishers told The Local: “How can they ban this and not Fifty Shades of Grey”. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140314/apple-bans-french-novel-over-nude-cover Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:34:00 +0100 apple-bans-french-novel-over-nude-cover Champagne producers are set to go to war with Apple if they attempt to release their new iPhone 5S in a ‘Champagne’ colour, it emerged this week. It wouldn't be the first time the French watchdog has taken a company to task for co-opting the iconic label. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130830/french-watchdog-warns-apple-over-champagne-iphone Fri, 30 Aug 2013 14:32:00 +0200 french-watchdog-warns-apple-over-champagne-iphone France's national data protection agency on Thursday threatened to hit Google with a fine of up to €150,000, unless the US internet giant brought its privacy policies in line with French law within three months. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130620/france-threatens-to-fine-google-over-privacy-policy Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:48:00 +0200 france-threatens-to-fine-google-over-privacy-policy A worker at Apple’s flagship Paris store was threatened with being fired for working 20 minutes after his shift ended, it was claimed on Tuesday. It’s the latest in a series of problems that the US computer giant has had with its French branches. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130514/apple-threatens-to-fire-french-employee-for-working-late Tue, 14 May 2013 15:16:00 +0200 apple-threatens-to-fire-french-employee-for-working-late