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 UPDATED: Britain and France announced a new "command and control centre" on Thursday to tackle smuggling gangs in Calais, as Europe grapples with its biggest migration crisis since World War II. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150820/uk-police-head-to-france-to-counter-migrant-traffickers Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:15:05 +0200 uk-police-head-to-france-to-counter-migrant-traffickers A newly enforced police unit in northern France blocked at least 200 people from reaching the Channel Tunnel on Thursday night, as the British government prepares for an emergency meeting on Friday to grapple with the crisis. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150731/french-police-slow-migrant-bids-to-cross-channel Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:18:48 +0200 french-police-slow-migrant-bids-to-cross-channel Greece on Sunday faced a final EU summit to clinch a deal that would stop Athens crashing out of the euro after divided eurozone ministers halted "very difficult" talks on a new bailout overnight. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150712/greece-faces-d-day-as-bailout-talks-resume Sun, 12 Jul 2015 11:57:34 +0200 greece-faces-d-day-as-bailout-talks-resume With 'Grexit' (Greek exit from the euro) looking increasingly likely on Monday, Germany remained at the centre of efforts to keep it in the single currency. Catch up on a day of dramatic action here. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150629/live-blog-greece-merkel-bundestag-grexit-eurozone Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:42:33 +0200 live-blog-greece-merkel-bundestag-grexit-eurozone Italy and France engaged in a war of words on Monday as a standoff over 250 Africans stuck at their common border exposed divisions over Europe's migrant crisis. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150616/france-and-italy-clash-as-migrant-stand-off-opens-eu-rift Tue, 16 Jun 2015 10:42:53 +0200 france-and-italy-clash-as-migrant-stand-off-opens-eu-rift A growing number of French people, including the younger generations, are afflicted by loneliness, a new survey revealed on Wednesday. Poor job security, decreasing salaries and the loss of traditional family networks are blamed for the rise. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130626/growing-nuber-of-french-living-solitary-lives Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:44:00 +0200 growing-nuber-of-french-living-solitary-lives French president François Hollande welcomes German leader Angela Merkel in Paris on Thursday to to thrash out a plan to create youth jobs. Hollande also plans to take Merkel to the Louvre gallery to see an exhibition that has caused uproar back in Germany. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130530/jobs-crisis-top-of-agenda-as-merkel-heads-to-paris Thu, 30 May 2013 14:38:00 +0200 jobs-crisis-top-of-agenda-as-merkel-heads-to-paris France's new budget minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Tuesday asked media organisations involved in a global "Offshore Leaks" probe on tax havens to hand over any evidence they have to the judiciary. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130409/minister-asks-media-to-hand-over-offshore-leaks-files Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:26:00 +0200 minister-asks-media-to-hand-over-offshore-leaks-files Despite a bleak economic outlook, the French have bucked the trend among Western countries and continue to enjoy at least one past-time – making babies. And its all thanks to France's social welfare system, says the author of a new report. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130328/with-states-help-crisis-hit-french-keep-making-babies Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:10:00 +0100 with-states-help-crisis-hit-french-keep-making-babies French Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac has resigned after prosecutors announced a probe into a Swiss bank account he allegedly used to hide assets from the tax authorities. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130319/france-launches-tax-probe-against-budget-minister Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:37:00 +0100 france-launches-tax-probe-against-budget-minister A man identified as the father of a kidnapped French family has spoken on a video obtained by AFP on Monday, which claimed to be a recording made by Nigeria's Islamist rebels Boko Haram. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130318/kidnapped-french-father-makes-appeal-in-video Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:13:08 +0100 kidnapped-french-father-makes-appeal-in-video France's defence minister on Tuesday ruled out entering into negotiations with the abductors of a French family seized in Cameroon, after a video of the hostages appeared on YouTube. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130226/france-rules-out-negotiating-with-familys-kidnappers Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:54:00 +0100 france-rules-out-negotiating-with-familys-kidnappers France said on Monday that a video of a kidnapped French family with their abductors, who claimed to be from Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, was a "shocking" display of the kidnappers' cruelty. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130225/video-of-kidnapped-french-family-surfaces Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:40:00 +0100 video-of-kidnapped-french-family-surfaces France's Foreign Ministry has denied earlier reports from military sources that the French family kidnapped in the north of the country has been released. The ministry warned against "spreading premature information". https://www.thelocal.fr/20130221/french-hostages-found-safe-in-nigeria-military-source Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:13:00 +0100 french-hostages-found-safe-in-nigeria-military-source Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday that France would not give in to "terrorists" after the kidnapping of seven members of a French family in northern Cameroon. France has told its citizens not to leave the north of the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130220/french-hostages-france-vows-not-to-yield-to-terrorists Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:52:00 +0100 french-hostages-france-vows-not-to-yield-to-terrorists Kidnappers who seized seven members of a French family, including four young children, in Cameroon, have taken them across the border into Nigeria, Cameroon's government has said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130220/kidnapped-french-family-taken-to-nigeria Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:25:29 +0100 kidnapped-french-family-taken-to-nigeria Seven members of one French family, including four children, were kidnapped on Tuesday in northern Cameroon by men suspected of belonging to a terrorist group in Nigeria, French President Francois Hollande said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130219/french-tourists-kidnapped-in-cameroon Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:56:00 +0100 french-tourists-kidnapped-in-cameroon President Francois Hollande visits debt-riven Greece on Tuesday to show France's support for a country that appears to have averted a chaotic eurozone exit despite a ruinous six-year recession. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130218/hollande-to-visit-greece-in-show-of-solidarity Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:27:00 +0100 hollande-to-visit-greece-in-show-of-solidarity More than six out of ten French people believe their country has gone bust, a survey revealed this week, suggesting the public have little faith their country's ailing economy can get back track any time soon. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130131/most-french-believe-france-is-bankrupt Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:50:00 +0100 most-french-believe-france-is-bankrupt France’s finance chief Pierre Moscovici has launched a staunch defense of the country’s economy after a minister in the French government described it as “totally bankrupt”. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130129/france-economy-not-totally-bankrupt-minister-insists Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:53:00 +0100 france-economy-not-totally-bankrupt-minister-insists