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 A French lawyer, who was banned from tweeting about the job has slammed legal authorities and defended his "right to a sense of humour". https://www.thelocal.fr/20150924/french-lawyer-slapped-with-social-media-ban Thu, 24 Sep 2015 19:06:51 +0200 french-lawyer-slapped-with-social-media-ban Ever felt the desire to give your head of state an earful but were unsure how far to go? On Thursday a European court made a potentially landmark ruling deciding that telling a French President to 'Get lost you sad idiot' was absolutely fine. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130314/activist-had-right-to-insult-french-president-court Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:38:00 +0100 activist-had-right-to-insult-french-president-court