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 lawmaker who was caught on camera saying Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler "did not kill enough" Roma gypsies was fined €3,000 by an appeal court in France this week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140812/mp-avoids-fine-prison-for Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:40:00 +0200 mp-avoids-fine-prison-for France's controversial expulsions of Roma, which has drawn condemnation from the European Commission, hit a record high in 2013. A new report says nearly 20,000 were deported - double the number that were expelled in 2012. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140114/france-expels-record-number-of-roma-people Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:21:00 +0100 france-expels-record-number-of-roma-people France's citizens' rights tsar scolded the government on Friday for breaking the country's own laws by expelling Roma migrants from camps. The broadside comes just days after the European Commission threatened sanctions against Paris if it continued the evictions. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130927/french-rights-tsar-slams-roma-camp-evictions Fri, 27 Sep 2013 16:16:00 +0200 french-rights-tsar-slams-roma-camp-evictions Ethnic Roma living in France are considering legal action against Interior Minister Manuel Valls for incitement to racial hatred after he vowed to continue a controversial programme of dismantling illegal camps. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130315/french-minister-sparks-fury-with-roma-slur Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:43:00 +0100 french-minister-sparks-fury-with-roma-slur France is to continue its controversial policy of evicting Roma people from illegal makeshift camps, the country’s Interior Minister Manuel Valls revealed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130314/france-vows-to-continue-roma-evictions Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:11:00 +0100 france-vows-to-continue-roma-evictions French authorities on Thursday cleared four Roma migrant camps that housed up to 350 people in outlying areas of Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120920/four-more-roma-camps-cleared-in-paris Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:57:00 +0200 four-more-roma-camps-cleared-in-paris