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 French President Emmanuel Macron's disgraced former bodyguard Alexandre Benalla has been ordered to stand trial for assault, AFP learned Tuesday, three years after he was caught on camera hitting protesters while working for the presidency. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210413/macrons-ex-bodyguard-to-be-tried-for-assault-in-france Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:59:36 +0200 macrons-ex-bodyguard-to-be-tried-for-assault-in-france France's domestic intelligence service on Wednesday questioned a journalist who broke the story of a scandal that shook President Emmanuel Macron, the latest in a growing number of reporters to be quizzed in a trend that has disturbed press freedom activists. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190530/top-journalist-grilled-by-french-intelligence-over-macron-bodyguard Thu, 30 May 2019 09:27:25 +0200 top-journalist-grilled-by-french-intelligence-over-macron-bodyguard A French Senate commission on Wednesday demanded an investigation of three close aides to President Emmanuel Macron after finding "major flaws" in the government's handling of a scandal involving an ex-bodyguard. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190220/french-lawmakers-demand-probe-into-macron-aides-over-bodyguard-scandal Wed, 20 Feb 2019 14:05:49 +0100 french-lawmakers-demand-probe-into-macron-aides-over-bodyguard-scandal A former top security aide to French President Emmanuel Macron who was at the heart of a scandal last summer was charged Friday with illegal use of diplomatic passports. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190119/macron-ex-aide-benalla-charged-over-diplomatic-passports Sat, 19 Jan 2019 11:11:07 +0100 macron-ex-aide-benalla-charged-over-diplomatic-passports French president Emmanuel Macron and his ex-security chief Alexandre Benalla spoke out on Thursday about the ongoing scandal surrounding the presidency. Both tried to play down its importance. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180726/stupid-mistakestorm-in-a-glass-of-water-macron-and-benalla-play-down-scandal Thu, 26 Jul 2018 14:03:34 +0200 stupid-mistakestorm-in-a-glass-of-water-macron-and-benalla-play-down-scandal French President Emmanuel Macron told lawmakers in his party Tuesday that he "in charge" in the scandal surrounding a top security aide, Alexandre Benalla, filmed manhandling May Day protesters and that he considered the acts "a betrayal". https://www.thelocal.fr/20180725/i-am-in-charge-macron-tells-french-mps-over-benallagate Wed, 25 Jul 2018 10:45:43 +0200 i-am-in-charge-macron-tells-french-mps-over-benallagate The 'Benallagate' scandal shows no signs of going away but is the wayward act of one security official really the biggest crisis President Emmanuel Macron has faced since he came to power? Or just a storm in a tisane. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180724/do-you-understand-why-benallagate-is-the-biggest-crisis-macron-has-faced Tue, 24 Jul 2018 18:49:32 +0200 do-you-understand-why-benallagate-is-the-biggest-crisis-macron-has-faced Lawyers for President Emmanuel Macron's ex-security aide have defended his actions after he was caught on camera striking a May Day protester in Paris in a scandal that has rocked the government and prompted accusations of a cover-up. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180723/i-was-just-lending-the-police-a-hand Mon, 23 Jul 2018 19:36:06 +0200 i-was-just-lending-the-police-a-hand French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb told lawmakers on Monday that he did not inform Emmanuel Macron about a video showing one of the president's security aides striking a young man during a protest last May. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180723/france-interior-minister-to-face-griling-over-macron-security-aide-assault Mon, 23 Jul 2018 13:33:32 +0200 france-interior-minister-to-face-griling-over-macron-security-aide-assault A dismissed security aide for French President Emmanuel Macron was to face a judge Sunday over his alleged assault of a protester, a scandal which has forced the government to suspend parliamentary proceedings. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180722/heat-rises-on-macron-as-benallagate-scandal-upends-parliament Sun, 22 Jul 2018 16:55:01 +0200 heat-rises-on-macron-as-benallagate-scandal-upends-parliament The most damaging scandal of Emmanuel Macron's presidency deepened on Saturday as his interior minister faces a grilling over his response to a top security aide caught on video striking a young man at a Paris protest in May. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180721/plot-thickens-in-frances-benalla-scandal-minister Sat, 21 Jul 2018 16:27:40 +0200 plot-thickens-in-frances-benalla-scandal-minister