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 A notorious French mayor has kicked up a storm after introducing a burkini and Muslim veil ban at a new swimming spot in his town, despite the fact the bans were ruled illegal last year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170628/french-mayor-sparks-anger-with-burkini-ban-at-swimming-lake Wed, 28 Jun 2017 14:23:40 +0200 french-mayor-sparks-anger-with-burkini-ban-at-swimming-lake An administrative court on the French island of Corsica refused Tuesday to lift a burqini ban that was introduced following a mass brawl on a beach, saying it was justified on public order grounds. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160907/french-burkini-ban-maintained-in-corsican-village Wed, 07 Sep 2016 10:34:33 +0200 french-burkini-ban-maintained-in-corsican-village Two weeks after causing a worldwide row the burqini bans imposed on beach resorts across the French Riviera are being overturned by the courts one by one. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160901/french-court-overturns-nice-burqini-ban Thu, 01 Sep 2016 18:30:16 +0200 french-court-overturns-nice-burqini-ban Twice as many British people support a ban on women wearing a burqa than oppose one, with a majority also in favour of outlawing the burkini, according to a poll published Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160901/british-public-favour-french-style-burqa-ban Thu, 01 Sep 2016 13:42:52 +0200 british-public-favour-french-style-burqa-ban The UN on Tuesday welcomed a decision by France's highest administrative court to suspend a controversial ban on burqini swimwear, warning that the ban had fuelled religious intolerance and stigmatisation. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160830/un-praises-frances-suspension-of-burqini-ban Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:28:06 +0200 un-praises-frances-suspension-of-burqini-ban Protesters in Brittany take to the sea fully clothed after video emerges of a veil-wearing Muslim woman being asked to leave the beach in Nice, despite France's top court ruling burqini-bans are illegal. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160829/bretons-bathe-fully-clothed-as-muslim-asked-to-leave-beach Mon, 29 Aug 2016 18:27:28 +0200 bretons-bathe-fully-clothed-as-muslim-asked-to-leave-beach A law banning the controversial burqini swim wear in France would be "unconstitutional" the French interior minister has warned and would create "irreparable tension". https://www.thelocal.fr/20160829/french-minister-accepts-burqini-law-unconstitutional Mon, 29 Aug 2016 10:16:31 +0200 french-minister-accepts-burqini-law-unconstitutional The burqini bans have divided France, but they have also left Muslim women in France in two groups, argues a professor who has spent years studying the impact of the burqa. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160826/burqini-bans-dividing-frances-muslim-women Fri, 26 Aug 2016 16:36:55 +0200 burqini-bans-dividing-frances-muslim-women France's top court are set to decide on Friday whether the burqini ban is legal. But in the 30 towns where the ban is in place, how many fines have actually been issued? https://www.thelocal.fr/20160826/nice-the-french-capital-of-burqini-fines Fri, 26 Aug 2016 12:53:26 +0200 nice-the-french-capital-of-burqini-fines France's highest administrative court will decide on Friday afternoon whether to overturn the ban on wearing the full-body burkini swimsuit which has sparked controversy at home and abroad. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160826/frances-top-court-set-to-rule-on-burqini-ban Fri, 26 Aug 2016 11:57:30 +0200 frances-top-court-set-to-rule-on-burqini-ban With 64 percent of the French against burqinis at the beach, what do the Parisians think? The Local heads to the Paris Plages temporary beaches to find out. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160825/what-do-parisians-think-of-frances-burqini-bans Thu, 25 Aug 2016 19:21:01 +0200 what-do-parisians-think-of-frances-burqini-bans Just under two thirds of French people (64 percent) are against the burqini being worn on beaches, a survey published on Thursday revealed. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160825/majority-in-france-against-burqinis-on-beaches Thu, 25 Aug 2016 12:10:24 +0200 majority-in-france-against-burqinis-on-beaches France's highest administrative court will on Thursday examine a request to scrap a ban on the Islamic burqini swimsuit which has sparked a furore in the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160825/frances-burqini-burkini-ban-top-administrative-court Thu, 25 Aug 2016 10:53:12 +0200 frances-burqini-burkini-ban-top-administrative-court The head of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) will meet Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Wednesday to discuss the burqini bans at the centre of a bitter row over Muslim integration. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160824/french-muslim-body-to-discuss-burqini-ban-with-government Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:10:19 +0200 french-muslim-body-to-discuss-burqini-ban-with-government Pictures have emerged showing armed police officers in southern France apparently forcing a woman to remove her burqini. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160824/french-police-force-woman-to-remove-burqini-on-beach Wed, 24 Aug 2016 13:16:32 +0200 french-police-force-woman-to-remove-burqini-on-beach A ban on the Islamic burqini swimsuit by several French towns will come before France's highest administrative court on Thursday, the tribunal said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160823/top-court-set-to-probe-frances-burqini-ban Tue, 23 Aug 2016 19:34:08 +0200 top-court-set-to-probe-frances-burqini-ban A Toulouse woman says she was told to pay a fine or leave a Cannes beach for wearing a headscarf, French media reported. The city's mayor has defended the decision of police. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160823/woman-fined-for-wearing-headscarf-on-cannes-beach Tue, 23 Aug 2016 16:00:12 +0200 woman-fined-for-wearing-headscarf-on-cannes-beach A French administrative tribunal on Monday upheld a burqini ban decided by a Riviera resort which was one of a growing number of towns to outlaw the body-concealing Islamic swimsuit. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160823/tribunal-confirms-burqini-burkini-nice-villeneuve-ban-as-necessary Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:43:26 +0200 tribunal-confirms-burqini-burkini-nice-villeneuve-ban-as-necessary A businessman says he has been picking up the tabs for the women caught wearing burqinis on French beaches, and tells The Local he'll keep "fighting to the death" for freedom. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160822/meet-the-man-paying-for-french-women-to-wear-burqinis Mon, 22 Aug 2016 18:24:41 +0200 meet-the-man-paying-for-french-women-to-wear-burqinis The seaside town of Nice in southern France has become the latest to ban the burqini, joining a growing number of other towns to have done the same. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160819/nice-joins-list-of-french-towns-to-ban-burqini Fri, 19 Aug 2016 18:29:10 +0200 nice-joins-list-of-french-towns-to-ban-burqini