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 After a series of stories in foreign media that misunderstand or misrepresent events in France, Ingri Bergo looks at why is France having such a hard time making itself understood abroad. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210429/analysis-why-is-france-so-often-misrepresented-abroad Thu, 29 Apr 2021 16:12:13 +0200 analysis-why-is-france-so-often-misrepresented-abroad If you follow French news reports you will have seen recently a lot of controversy about 'Islamo-gauchisme' - but what exactly does this term mean and is it really the French version of 'woke'? https://www.thelocal.fr/20210217/islamo-gauchisme-what-does-it-mean-and-why-is-it-controversial-in-france Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:16:33 +0100 islamo-gauchisme-what-does-it-mean-and-why-is-it-controversial-in-france The French parliament on Tuesday votes on a bill to battle Islamist extremism, which the state argues is needed to bolster the secular system but critics say breaches religious freedom. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210216/french-parliament-to-vote-on-anti-extremism-bill Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:01:57 +0100 french-parliament-to-vote-on-anti-extremism-bill Three Muslim groups refused on Wednesday to back an anti-extremism charter pushed by French officials following a spate of jihadist-inspired attacks, dealing a blow to a flagship initiative of President Emmanuel Macron's government. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210121/french-muslim-groups-deal-blow-to-macrons-anti-extremism-charter Thu, 21 Jan 2021 08:43:49 +0100 french-muslim-groups-deal-blow-to-macrons-anti-extremism-charter Three months ago, President Emmanuel Macron made a speech in the Paris suburbs in which he promised a law to combat radical, Islamic 'separatism' writes John Lichfield. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210119/analysis-has-macron-succeeded-in-creating-an-islam-for-france Tue, 19 Jan 2021 14:55:20 +0100 analysis-has-macron-succeeded-in-creating-an-islam-for-france A cacophony of complaints - some justified, most plain wrong or wilfully distorted - has been hurled at Emmanuel Macron’s proposed new law to defend French democracy from radical Islam, writes John Lichfield. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201208/analysis-what-is-actually-contained-in-macrons-controversial-law-against-islamic-extremism Tue, 08 Dec 2020 15:11:35 +0100 analysis-what-is-actually-contained-in-macrons-controversial-law-against-islamic-extremism The French government announced this week, that a “secularism charter” will be placed in every school in the country by the end of September. The plan is only the latest in a series of recent controversies over the place of religion in French education. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130827/france-plans-secular-charter-in-every-school Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:27:00 +0200 france-plans-secular-charter-in-every-school