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 Florian Philippot, one of the top members of France’s far-right party the National Front, is suing gossip magazine Closer for outing him as gay, demanding €50,000 in damages for the front-page splash of him and his alleged partner. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141218/top-far-right-boss-sues-mag-that-outed-him-as-gay Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:56:00 +0100 top-far-right-boss-sues-mag-that-outed-him-as-gay A French mother is suing the French state, who she blames for the fact her teenage son was able to breeze through border patrol with a simple ID card and go unchallenged about his final destination - the front lines in Syria. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141208/mum-sues-france-after-son-leaves-for-jihad Mon, 08 Dec 2014 19:28:00 +0100 mum-sues-france-after-son-leaves-for-jihad On the same day class action lawsuits became legal in France, a consumer watchdog group filed one of the collective proceedings against the country’s biggest landlord over the "illegal" fees it charges renters. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141001/first-ever-class-action-suit-filed-in-france Wed, 01 Oct 2014 14:38:00 +0200 first-ever-class-action-suit-filed-in-france A French former minister on Monday asked a court to award him €140,000 damages over a claim in a best-selling book that he had an affair with Valerie Trierweiler, the glamorous girlfriend of President François Hollande. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130415/ex-minister-sues-over-trierweiler-affair-claim Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:55:46 +0200 ex-minister-sues-over-trierweiler-affair-claim The French government wants to adopt American-style "class action" lawsuits, designed to give consumers “effective weapons against fraudulent companies”. The reform will be proposed at a cabinet meeting on May 2nd. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130411/france-to-consider-us-style-class-action-suits Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:25:00 +0200 france-to-consider-us-style-class-action-suits