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 Sharing umbrellas is never easy. France has offered to 'extend' its nuclear umbrella to other European countries without actually 'sharing' it. How can that work, asks John Lichfield. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260218/opinion-macrons-offer-to-extend-the-french-nuclear-umbrella-to-europe-is-fraught-with-problems Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:21:30 +0100 opinion-macrons-offer-to-extend-the-french-nuclear-umbrella-to-europe-is-fraught-with-problems French IT giant Capgemini said on Sunday it was selling its subsidiary working for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency amid international controversy over the deaths of two people in ICE operations. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260201/french-it-giant-capgemini-to-sell-us-subsidiary-after-row-over-ice-links Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:56:12 +0100 french-it-giant-capgemini-to-sell-us-subsidiary-after-row-over-ice-links A diplomatic row between the United States and France escalated on Monday when Washington decided to stand firmly behind its ambassador's criticism of the French response to a rising tide of antisemitism. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250826/us-backs-ambassador-to-france-in-antisemitism-row Tue, 26 Aug 2025 10:29:16 +0200 us-backs-ambassador-to-france-in-antisemitism-row After US President Donald Trump announced plans to impose tariffs on foreign films, The Local looks at the French films which have found success with US audiences. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250513/which-french-films-are-most-popular-with-americans Tue, 13 May 2025 17:13:21 +0200 which-french-films-are-most-popular-with-americans A letter from the American embassy in Paris warning French companies doing business with the US against using 'diversity, equity and inclusion' programmes has stirred much anger - but does actually France practice DEI, and how does it fit into the country's race-blind, secular approach? https://www.thelocal.fr/20250401/does-france-practice-diversity-equity-and-inclusion Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:59:08 +0200 does-france-practice-diversity-equity-and-inclusion US authorities on Friday rejected claims that a French researcher was denied entry because of his political views, saying he had confidential information from a nuclear research laboratory. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250321/us-denies-french-researcher-was-refused-entry-for-his-political-views Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:21:38 +0100 us-denies-french-researcher-was-refused-entry-for-his-political-views France has expressed concern after US border agents read the contents of a visiting French space scientist's smartphone and deported him after accusing him of "hateful" messages against US policy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250320/france-expresses-concern-over-researcher-barred-from-us-after-criticism-of-trump Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:55:07 +0100 france-expresses-concern-over-researcher-barred-from-us-after-criticism-of-trump French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump after their White House clash, his office said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250302/macron-calls-for-calm-after-trump-zelensky-clash Sun, 02 Mar 2025 09:01:36 +0100 macron-calls-for-calm-after-trump-zelensky-clash President Emmanuel Macron will use his "unique" relationship with Donald Trump to get the US leader to include Europeans in any settlement of the Ukraine war, French officials said ahead of Macron's trip to Washington on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250223/frances-macron-hopes-to-use-special-relationship-to-sway-trump Sun, 23 Feb 2025 18:06:20 +0100 frances-macron-hopes-to-use-special-relationship-to-sway-trump France's far-right leader Jordan Bardella said Friday he had cancelled his speech at a right-wing meeting in Washington after a "gesture alluding to Nazi ideology" by conservative firebrand Steve Bannon. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250222/france-far-right-leader-cancels-us-speech-after-nazi-gesture-by-ex-trump-aide Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:28:09 +0100 france-far-right-leader-cancels-us-speech-after-nazi-gesture-by-ex-trump-aide French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday hailed the "spirit of sacrifice" of the soldiers who liberated Europe from Nazi occupation, as he prepared to join US counterpart Joe Biden and King Charles III to mark 80 years since the World War II D-Day landings. https://www.thelocal.fr/20240606/macron-lauds-spirit-of-sacrifice-as-d-day-marked-under-ukraine-shadow Thu, 06 Jun 2024 10:49:49 +0200 macron-lauds-spirit-of-sacrifice-as-d-day-marked-under-ukraine-shadow Greece will honour a deal to buy three frigates from France, Paris and a source in the Greek defence ministry said Saturday, after a competing offer from the US threatened to overturn the contract. https://www.thelocal.fr/20211211/france-greece-frigate-deal-going-ahead-despite-us-offer-paris Sat, 11 Dec 2021 16:38:11 +0100 france-greece-frigate-deal-going-ahead-despite-us-offer-paris French Netflix show, 'Call My Agent' (Dix pour cent), has won a prestigious International Emmy award. The star-studded hit comedy series tells the story of a hapless group of employees at a talent agency in Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20211123/french-netflix-show-call-my-agent-wins-emmy-award Tue, 23 Nov 2021 10:25:55 +0100 french-netflix-show-call-my-agent-wins-emmy-award More than two weeks after the shock scrapping of a submarine contract with Australia, France is in no hurry to mend ties with Canberra as it weighs up whether to extract a cost for its ally's "betrayal". https://www.thelocal.fr/20211003/two-weeks-after-submarine-betrayal-france-mulls-how-to-get-its-own-back Sun, 03 Oct 2021 16:19:07 +0200 two-weeks-after-submarine-betrayal-france-mulls-how-to-get-its-own-back French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, said France had been "stabbed in the back" regarding the AUKUS submarine deal. Now the United States is on a diplomatic rescue mission. https://www.thelocal.fr/20211001/what-is-on-the-agenda-for-us-secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-in-paris Fri, 01 Oct 2021 18:13:02 +0200 what-is-on-the-agenda-for-us-secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-in-paris France on Saturday accused Australia and the United States of lying over a ruptured Australian contract to buy French submarines, saying a grave crisis was under way between the allies. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210919/france-accuses-australia-and-us-of-lying-in-escalating-crisis Sun, 19 Sep 2021 11:56:31 +0200 france-accuses-australia-and-us-of-lying-in-escalating-crisis France on Friday recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Australia for consultations in a ferocious row over the scrapping of a submarine contract. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210917/france-recalls-ambassadors-from-us-australia-over-submarines-row Sat, 18 Sep 2021 00:37:06 +0200 france-recalls-ambassadors-from-us-australia-over-submarines-row The top American health agency urged travellers on Monday to avoid France, adding the country to its maximum alert level for Covid cases. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210810/us-authorities-warn-against-travel-to-france-due-to-rise-in-covid-cases Tue, 10 Aug 2021 10:56:40 +0200 us-authorities-warn-against-travel-to-france-due-to-rise-in-covid-cases