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 France's former first lady Valerie Trierweiler took another swipe her at her ex-partner François Hollande on Sunday by tweeting out a picture of herself wearing a T-shirt with a special message for the president. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151109/im-too-sexy-for-my-ex-trierweiler-tells-hollande Mon, 09 Nov 2015 10:09:22 +0100 im-too-sexy-for-my-ex-trierweiler-tells-hollande Valérie Trierweiler’s sizzling memoir is set to be turned into a film after France’s former "First Lady" gave the green light for a fictionalized adaptation of her tell-all bestseller. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150105/juicy-trierweiler-memoir-set-for-silver-screen Mon, 05 Jan 2015 18:35:00 +0100 juicy-trierweiler-memoir-set-for-silver-screen Valérie Trierweiler's "bombshell" of a tell-all memoir that went on sale on Thursday has stirred up a hornet's nest in France, thanks to some pretty revealing insights. We've pulled together the best extracts. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140904/trierweiler-hollande-book-extracts-best Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:28:00 +0200 trierweiler-hollande-book-extracts-best Extracts of a new tell-all book by President François Hollande's ex-partner Valérie Trierweiler were published on Wednesday in which the ex-"first-lady" describes the moment she "cracked" on hearing of his affair with an actress and how the president tried to get her back. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140903/trierweiler-hollande-was-desperate-to-get-me-back Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:34:00 +0200 trierweiler-hollande-was-desperate-to-get-me-back Julie Gayet, the actress reported to have had an affair with President François Hollande, has been nominated for the French equivalent of an Oscar - for playing a super-sexy vamp. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140131/hollandes-mistress-nominated-for-french-oscar Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:36:00 +0100 hollandes-mistress-nominated-for-french-oscar France's former first lady Valérie Trierweiler has revealed she may write a book about her split with the president and said she is "more disappointed than angry" about the scandal. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140130/trierweiler-may-write-book-about-hollande-split Thu, 30 Jan 2014 09:24:00 +0100 trierweiler-may-write-book-about-hollande-split French President François Hollande and former partner Valérie Trierweiler went their separate ways on Monday as they hope to turn the page after their high profile split. While Hollande headed to Turkey most of the attention was on Trierweiler who braved the press in India. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140127/franois-and-valrie-go-their-separate-ways Mon, 27 Jan 2014 10:02:00 +0100 franois-and-valrie-go-their-separate-ways Valérie Trierweiler will head to India to back a charity after a two-week rest which included hospitalisation, following revelations of her partner Francois Hollande's affair with an actress. Whether she returns as the official "first lady" is very much in doubt. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140124/first-lady-trierweiler-heads-off-to-india Fri, 24 Jan 2014 14:34:00 +0100 first-lady-trierweiler-heads-off-to-india As French President François Hollande wades through the fallout of revelations he has been having an affair with an actress, companies are looking to drum up business by having a laugh at his expense. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140121/french-advertisers-laugh-at-hollande-expense Tue, 21 Jan 2014 09:25:00 +0100 french-advertisers-laugh-at-hollande-expense Valérie Trierweiler, France's de facto first lady was "doing better" President François Hollande told reporters on Monday, but the French head of state once again refused to answer further media questions about his alleged affair. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140120/first-lady-trierweiler-on-the-mend-says-hollande Mon, 20 Jan 2014 16:04:00 +0100 first-lady-trierweiler-on-the-mend-says-hollande President François Hollande has visited Valérie Trierweiler, the Elysée said on Friday, almost a week after she was admitted to hospital after news of his alleged affair hit the headlines. On Friday Closer magazine published another exposé on the president's alleged 'affair'. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140117/closer-publishes-more-revelations-of-hollande-affair Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:33:00 +0100 closer-publishes-more-revelations-of-hollande-affair French magazine Closer received official confirmation on Thursday that actress Julie Gayet has launched a lawsuit for breach of privacy over its seven page report of her alleged affair with President François Hollande. She is demanding €50,000 in damages. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140116/hollandes-mistress-dropped-from-judging-panel Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:05:00 +0100 hollandes-mistress-dropped-from-judging-panel Valérie Trierweiler, France's unofficial "first lady" remained in hospital on Thursday suffering from "extreme stress-related fatigue", nearly a week after news broke of President François Hollande’s alleged affair with an actress. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140116/french-first-lady-still-hospitalized-with-nervous-fatigue Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:56:00 +0100 french-first-lady-still-hospitalized-with-nervous-fatigue Under pressure French President François Hollande admitted he and his partner Valerie Trierweiler were enduring some "painful" times, after the allegations he was having an affair with actress Julie Gayet, but declined to answer questions on the affair. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140114/hollande-admits-painful-times-with-trierweiler Tue, 14 Jan 2014 19:25:00 +0100 hollande-admits-painful-times-with-trierweiler French President François Hollande faced the media pack for the first time on Tuesday since news of his alleged affair with a French actress made headlines around the world. He's a recap of the main points from the press conference. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140114/live-hollande-media-gayet-trieweiler-affair-revelation Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:55:00 +0100 live-hollande-media-gayet-trieweiler-affair-revelation French President François Hollande is under pressure to clarify his relationship to Valérie Trierweiler, who reportedly told a French journalist that she wants her status as the unofficial first lady to be cleared up. Hollande's security chief was also in hot water on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140113/hollandes-security-detail-missed-threats Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:32:00 +0100 hollandes-security-detail-missed-threats On the same day magazine Closer claimed to have revealed an affair between President François Hollande and French actress Julie Gayet, the magazine said it was removing the story from its website at the request of the actress not Hollande himself. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140110/hollande-affair-claims-magazine-to-remove-story-from-web Fri, 10 Jan 2014 18:07:00 +0100 hollande-affair-claims-magazine-to-remove-story-from-web Claims from Closer magazine that President François Hollande is having an affair with an actress, will not undermine his flagging presidency, a French political analyst told The Local on Friday, but the revelations are a sign of a changing France he says. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140110/affair-claims-wont-harm-hollandes-presidency Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:50:00 +0100 affair-claims-wont-harm-hollandes-presidency Revelations about French President François Hollande's alleged affair with French actress Julie Gayet hit the headlines in France on Friday. But who is the woman who "the president loves in secret", as Closer magazine has claimed? Here are ten facts about the actress. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140110/francois-hollande-mistress-julie-gayet-10-facts Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:43:00 +0100 francois-hollande-mistress-julie-gayet-10-facts