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 Foreign ministers from the G7 meet outside Paris from Thursday with European nations and allies seeking to narrow differences with the US on the Middle East war while keeping other crises like Ukraine and Gaza high on the agenda. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260326/g7-meets-in-france-to-narrow-transatlantic-iran-split Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:34:39 +0100 g7-meets-in-france-to-narrow-transatlantic-iran-split Several hundred anti-G7 protesters staged an unusual protest in southwestern France on Sunday, holding "stolen" portraits of French President Emmanuel Macron which were held upside down in a pointed critique on his policies. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190825/france-anti-g7-activists-march-with-stolen-macron-portraits Sun, 25 Aug 2019 20:50:14 +0200 france-anti-g7-activists-march-with-stolen-macron-portraits French police used tear gas and water cannon to break up anti-G7 protesters in the southern city of Bayonne on Saturday, as leaders from the world's leading industrialised nations arrived for their summit just a few kilometres away in Biarritz. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190825/french-police-fire-tear-gas-at-anti-g7-protesters-near-summit Sun, 25 Aug 2019 09:59:26 +0200 french-police-fire-tear-gas-at-anti-g7-protesters-near-summit The leaders of the G7 club of rich countries meet in southern France on Saturday, with the burning Amazon, diving stock markets and their own stark divisions giving little grounds for optimism. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190824/frances-biarritz-braces-for-protests-with-g7-leaders-to-discuss-amazon-fires-trade Sat, 24 Aug 2019 09:32:43 +0200 frances-biarritz-braces-for-protests-with-g7-leaders-to-discuss-amazon-fires-trade Environment ministers of the G7 nations met in France Sunday, a day ahead of the release of what is expected to be another alarming report on the state of the planet. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190505/g7-environment-ministers-meet-to-discuss-climate-crisis Sun, 05 May 2019 20:55:08 +0200 g7-environment-ministers-meet-to-discuss-climate-crisis When they met in April at the White House, President Donald Trump suggested to his French counterpart that France should quit the European Union and sign a bilateral trade deal with the US, The Washington Post reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180630/trump-told-macron-that-france-should-quit-eu-report Sat, 30 Jun 2018 05:18:52 +0200 trump-told-macron-that-france-should-quit-eu-report France warned Sunday that "fits of anger" could not dictate international cooperation after US President Donald Trump abruptly rejected a joint statement agreed after a bad-tempered G7 summit in Canada. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180610/france-on-g7-fits-of-anger-cannot-dictate-international-cooperation Sun, 10 Jun 2018 13:52:12 +0200 france-on-g7-fits-of-anger-cannot-dictate-international-cooperation The G7 summit ended in farce and a renewed threat of global trade war on Saturday as US President Donald Trump abruptly rejected the text of a consensus statement and bitterly insulted the Canadian host. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180610/trump-trade-fury-torpedoes-canadas-g7-summit Sun, 10 Jun 2018 11:16:35 +0200 trump-trade-fury-torpedoes-canadas-g7-summit They once shook hands for an eye-watering 29 seconds, with neither man willing to show a hint of weakness. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180609/firm-friends-macron-handshake-leaves-mark-on-trump Sat, 09 Jun 2018 18:41:20 +0200 firm-friends-macron-handshake-leaves-mark-on-trump French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that "things were moving forward" at a G7 summit in Canada as he held talks with Donald Trump that focused on the US president's decision to slap tariffs on America's allies. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180609/macron-says-things-moving-forward-after-g7-trade-spat Sat, 09 Jun 2018 11:59:10 +0200 macron-says-things-moving-forward-after-g7-trade-spat