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 Former French president Francois Hollande said on Wednesday he has not turned his back on politics, after criticizing his successor and former protégé in the Elysee Palace, Emmanuel Macron. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170824/ex-president-francois-hollande-criticizes-former-protege-emmanuel-macron Thu, 24 Aug 2017 12:12:04 +0200 ex-president-francois-hollande-criticizes-former-protege-emmanuel-macron Outgoing French President Francois Hollande made an emotional final foreign trip on Monday to Berlin, ahead of the transfer of power to his successor Emmanuel Macron next week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170509/hollande-makes-emotional-final-foreign-stop-in-berlin Tue, 09 May 2017 10:53:32 +0200 hollande-makes-emotional-final-foreign-stop-in-berlin French President Francois Hollande warned on Saturday that Britain must pay the price for Brexit as EU leaders met to adopt guidelines for negotiations. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170429/frances-hollande-says-britain-must-pay-price-for-brexit Sat, 29 Apr 2017 17:23:02 +0200 frances-hollande-says-britain-must-pay-price-for-brexit Syrian President Bashar al-Assad bears "sole responsibility" for the US strike on a regime airbase, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said in a joint statement on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170408/merkel-hollande-voice-support-for-us-strike-against-assad Sat, 08 Apr 2017 13:51:18 +0200 merkel-hollande-voice-support-for-us-strike-against-assad Syrian President Bashar al-Assad bears "sole responsibility" for the US strike on a regime airbase, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a joint statement on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170407/hollande-says-syrian-regime-solely-to-blame-after-us-air-strikes Fri, 07 Apr 2017 12:47:25 +0200 hollande-says-syrian-regime-solely-to-blame-after-us-air-strikes French President Francois Hollande called on Sunday for efforts to intensify the relationship between Europe and Asia in the face of resurgent "isolationism". https://www.thelocal.fr/20170326/francois-hollande-begins-final-foreign-tour Sun, 26 Mar 2017 13:47:53 +0200 francois-hollande-begins-final-foreign-tour President Francois Hollande warned would-be successors they should cleave closely to Europe as it was "impossible" that France could contemplate going its own way. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170326/heres-the-latest-in-frances-presidential-race Sun, 26 Mar 2017 11:56:16 +0200 heres-the-latest-in-frances-presidential-race French President Francois Hollande said on Friday he would "clarify positions" with US president-elect Donald Trump during "frank" telephone discussions later in the day. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161111/hollande-to-have-frank-phone-discussion-with-trump-on-friday Fri, 11 Nov 2016 14:01:21 +0100 hollande-to-have-frank-phone-discussion-with-trump-on-friday French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday said the Louvre could house threatened treasures from Iraq, Syria and other war-torn countries at a secure site in northern France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161101/louvre-could-house-treasures-from-iraq-and-syria-says-hollande Tue, 01 Nov 2016 18:07:00 +0100 louvre-could-house-treasures-from-iraq-and-syria-says-hollande French President François Hollande may be having difficulties in his own country but he received a generally warm response during his historic two-day visit to Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150417/hollande-basks-in-good-vibes-from-swiss-visit Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:27:00 +0200 hollande-basks-in-good-vibes-from-swiss-visit It didn’t last long and was quietly binned, but now the French government suggests it was a case of mission accomplished when it comes to the contentious 75 percent tax rate on millionaires, given that it pulled in around €400 million for the tax man. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150218/france-millionaires-tax-did-the-job Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:38:00 +0100 france-millionaires-tax-did-the-job As France bids a discreet adieu to its divisive 75 percent "super-tax" on the rich, The Local looks at the impact of a reform some critics declared would turn l’Hexagone into "Cuba without the sun" and propel the country's high earners head to the exits. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141229/france-75-percent-super-tax-rich-scrapped-damage Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:33:00 +0100 france-75-percent-super-tax-rich-scrapped-damage A junior French minister resigned on Friday as a scandal implicating him in the awarding of lucrative public contracts to members of his family hit President François Hollande's Socialist government with another bruising. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141121/another-hollande-minister-quits-amid-scandal Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:36:00 +0100 another-hollande-minister-quits-amid-scandal François Hollande will become the first French president to visit Australia next month, his office announced Tuesday, as he makes a two-day trip to bolster ties between the two countries. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141028/hollande-to-make-historic-australia-visit-in-november Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:37:00 +0100 hollande-to-make-historic-australia-visit-in-november Despite France's stagnant economy and record unemployment, its president announced on Tuesday Paris would contribute up to $1 billion to the UN's fund to help poorer nations finance climate change reform. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140923/france-to-contribute-1-bn-to-un-green-fund Tue, 23 Sep 2014 18:27:00 +0200 france-to-contribute-1-bn-to-un-green-fund The far-right National Front is at the "gates of power" in France, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Sunday in a stark assessment of the crisis embroiling the country's centre-left government. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140908/far-right-at-gates-of-power-in-france-says-pm-valls Mon, 08 Sep 2014 11:22:00 +0200 far-right-at-gates-of-power-in-france-says-pm-valls French comic and polemicist Dieudonne is under official investigation after releasing a video mocking the beheading of US journalist James Foley by Islamic extremists. Prosecutors are probing whether the video condones terrorism. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140905/james-foley-behead-joke-france-dieudonne Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:05:00 +0200 james-foley-behead-joke-france-dieudonne With France plunged into a new political crisis on Monday after the president asked his prime minister to form a new government, The Local took to the streets of Paris to gauge the opinion of the public. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140825/weve-alreadt-changed-pm-once-and-nothing-changed Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:50:00 +0200 weve-alreadt-changed-pm-once-and-nothing-changed President François Hollande leads ceremonies on Friday to mark 70 years since the Allied invasion of southern France which, two months after D-Day, pushed the exhausted Nazi army back towards Germany and hastened the end of World War II in Europe. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140815/hollande-to-lead-southern-d-day-tributes-70-years-on Fri, 15 Aug 2014 11:03:00 +0200 hollande-to-lead-southern-d-day-tributes-70-years-on President Francois Hollande on Monday pleaded with the French to be proud of their country in an attempt to boost confidence at a time of enduring gloom over record unemployment and faltering growth. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140714/francois-hollande-culture-complaint Mon, 14 Jul 2014 19:18:00 +0200 francois-hollande-culture-complaint