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 France turns up heat on Austria over tax havens France turned up the heat on Austria Thursday, with French Budget Minister Bernard Cazeneuve saying that it could be placed on a French list of non-cooperative countries if lawmakers do not agree to an automatic exchange of information aimed at combating tax evasion. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130412/austria Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:35:00 +0200 austria Hollande vows to wipe out world's tax havens French President François Hollande promised he would ‘eradicate’ tax havens ‘in Europe and the world’, as part of his government’s major anti-corruption push, speaking at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130410/hollande-vows-to-wipe-out-tax-havens-everywhere Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:00:00 +0200 hollande-vows-to-wipe-out-tax-havens-everywhere French panel rejects 'sex assistants' for disabled An ethics panel in France on Tuesday opposed the use of so-called sexual assistants for the disabled, an issue sparked by a true-to-life film recounting the experiences of a handicapped man. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130312/france-rejects-sex-assistants-for-the-disabled Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:43:00 +0100 france-rejects-sex-assistants-for-the-disabled