The Local France 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 MPs refuse to cut own pay <p>French lawmakers rejected a proposal on Monday to cut their own pay by 10 percent. They have however agreed to reduce the National Assembly's budget by three percent.</p> https://www.thelocal.fr/20111115/1762 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:38:32 +0100 1762 French job centre staff go on strike <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Job centre employees are staging a walkout on Monday to protest working conditions and staff shortages as growing numbers of French people join queues in front of job centres.</span></p> https://www.thelocal.fr/20111114/1750 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:51:00 +0100 1750