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 German supermarket chain Lidl faces a €43 million payout to a French rival after an appeals court ruled its ads to be deceptive. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250709/lidl-ordered-to-pay-french-rival-e43m-after-ads-ruled-deceptive Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:07:49 +0200 lidl-ordered-to-pay-french-rival-e43m-after-ads-ruled-deceptive Four pro-Tibetan groups in France have lodged a legal complaint against a popular Paris museum, accusing it of wanting to “erase the existence of Tibet”. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250702/paris-museum-sued-for-dropping-tibet-references-legal-documents Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:34:32 +0200 paris-museum-sued-for-dropping-tibet-references-legal-documents Around 10 French clients with leases on Teslas are suing the US carmaker, run by Elon Musk, because they consider the vehicles to be symbols of the “extreme-right”, the law firm representing them said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250611/french-tesla-customers-sue-over-brands-extreme-right-shift Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:44:11 +0200 french-tesla-customers-sue-over-brands-extreme-right-shift Environmental groups have accused French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies of misleading consumers with ads that overstate its climate commitments and fossil fuel transition in a landmark Paris trial. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250606/totalenergies-in-landmark-greenwashing-trial-in-france Fri, 06 Jun 2025 10:59:44 +0200 totalenergies-in-landmark-greenwashing-trial-in-france A French court has upheld a ban on a concert by a French rapper accused of anti-Semitism and "defending terrorism", just hours before he was due on stage. https://www.thelocal.fr/20240216/court-upholds-ban-on-french-rapper-accused-of-defending-terrorism Fri, 16 Feb 2024 09:52:25 +0100 court-upholds-ban-on-french-rapper-accused-of-defending-terrorism A Paris court is expected to issue its verdict in a case involving former French president Nicolas Sarkozy who is appealing against a one-year jail sentence for illegal campaign financing. https://www.thelocal.fr/20240214/french-court-to-announce-verdict-on-sarkozy-appeal Wed, 14 Feb 2024 09:53:40 +0100 french-court-to-announce-verdict-on-sarkozy-appeal France's data protection watchdog has fined web services provider Yahoo €10 million for not respecting users' refusals of internet-tracking "cookies" or implying they would lose access to email accounts if they did. https://www.thelocal.fr/20240119/france-fines-yahoo-e10million-over-cookie-abuses Fri, 19 Jan 2024 10:05:55 +0100 france-fines-yahoo-e10million-over-cookie-abuses A French court has sentenced the ex-wife of serial killer Michel Fourniret to life in prison for her role in three murders by her former husband. https://www.thelocal.fr/20231220/ex-wife-of-notorious-french-serial-killer-sentenced-over-murders Wed, 20 Dec 2023 09:42:37 +0100 ex-wife-of-notorious-french-serial-killer-sentenced-over-murders France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy should be handed a suspended one-year prison sentence for illegal campaign financing, a prosecutor has told an appeals court. https://www.thelocal.fr/20231201/prosecutor-demands-suspended-sentence-for-french-ex-president-sarkozy Fri, 01 Dec 2023 09:47:35 +0100 prosecutor-demands-suspended-sentence-for-french-ex-president-sarkozy A French court on Wednesday acquitted France's justice minister in a conflict of interest trial that has been an embarrassment for President Emmanuel Macron's government. https://www.thelocal.fr/20231129/frances-justice-minister-faces-verdict-in-conflict-of-interest-case Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:34:36 +0100 frances-justice-minister-faces-verdict-in-conflict-of-interest-case A French court on Monday acquitted Air France and plane manufacturer Airbus in a trial over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230417/french-court-to-deliver-verdict-in-trial-over-2009-rio-paris-crash Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:51:44 +0200 french-court-to-deliver-verdict-in-trial-over-2009-rio-paris-crash The European Court of Human Rights will hear cases against France and Switzerland over alleged failings to protect the environment on Wednesday, the first time governments are in the court's dock for alleged climate change inaction. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230329/france-and-switzerland-in-the-dock-over-inaction-on-climate-change Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:54:49 +0200 france-and-switzerland-in-the-dock-over-inaction-on-climate-change The Paris appeals court on Tuesday confirmed the dropping of a rape case against Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, although his accuser said she would keep fighting to have it heard. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230124/rape-case-against-frances-interior-minister-is-dropped Tue, 24 Jan 2023 14:56:18 +0100 rape-case-against-frances-interior-minister-is-dropped In a 'first of its kind' ruling for France, ride-hailing platforms including Uber have signed an agreement to establish minimum income per ride for drivers. Here is how that could impact both drivers and customers across France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230118/uber-reaches-landmark-agreement-on-drivers-minimum-wage-in-france Wed, 18 Jan 2023 16:30:14 +0100 uber-reaches-landmark-agreement-on-drivers-minimum-wage-in-france Eighteen people went on trial in France on Tuesday accused of running a Europe-wide giant horsemeat trading network involving produce not cleared for human consumption. https://www.thelocal.fr/20220607/trial-begins-in-france-over-european-horsemeat-scandal Tue, 07 Jun 2022 18:41:44 +0200 trial-begins-in-france-over-european-horsemeat-scandal The Paris court of appeal on Tuesday confirmed the dropping of rape accusations against French film director Luc Besson, one of the highest profile controversies of the #MeToo era in the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20220524/french-courts-drop-rape-case-against-film-director-luc-besson Tue, 24 May 2022 13:36:30 +0200 french-courts-drop-rape-case-against-film-director-luc-besson A Paris court has fined British meal delivery group Deliveroo after ruling it was guilty of "undeclared labour" for using freelance riders who should have been classified as employees, depriving the state of millions of euros in payroll taxes. https://www.thelocal.fr/20220420/french-court-fines-deliveroo-for-undeclared-labour Wed, 20 Apr 2022 10:51:40 +0200 french-court-fines-deliveroo-for-undeclared-labour French authorities on Wednesday slapped a €90,000-per-day fine on e-commerce giant Amazon until it removes abusive clauses in its contracts with businesses using its platform to sell their goods. https://www.thelocal.fr/20220414/french-court-hands-amazon-e90000-per-day-fine-over-contracts Thu, 14 Apr 2022 11:06:11 +0200 french-court-hands-amazon-e90000-per-day-fine-over-contracts The appeal of France and Real Madrid footballer Karim Benzema against a one-year suspended sentence for complicity in a bid to blackmail former international team-mate Mathieu Valbuena with a sex tape will be heard in June, a judiciary source has said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20220316/benzema-sextape-appeal-set-for-this-summer Wed, 16 Mar 2022 10:04:07 +0100 benzema-sextape-appeal-set-for-this-summer A French court ruled on Tuesday that Ikea had set up an elaborate system to illegally spy on hundreds of employees and job applicants over several years, using private detectives as well as police sources. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210615/ikea-ran-elaborate-illegal-spying-system-on-its-french-employees-court-rules Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:43:28 +0200 ikea-ran-elaborate-illegal-spying-system-on-its-french-employees-court-rules