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 French government has promised to "take back control" and boost the teaching of Arabic in state schools. But the plan has sparked an angry if predictable response from the right who suggest it will only encourage Islamist fundamentalism in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181029/submission-or-integration-should-france-teach-more-arabic-in-schools Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:10:46 +0100 submission-or-integration-should-france-teach-more-arabic-in-schools UPDATED: Prosecutors have opened an investigation after teachers at a primary school in France were reportedly threatened by parents because the planned to have children singing John Lennon's Imagine in Arabic - as well as other languages. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150616/lennons-imagine-provokes-race-row-in-french-school Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:14:10 +0200 lennons-imagine-provokes-race-row-in-french-school