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 Manuel Valls looks a long way from getting to the keys to the Elysée Palace next May as the former prime minister faces an uphill battle to even win the Socialist primary later this month. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170110/ex-pm-valls-struggles-to-get-presidential-campaign Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:32:43 +0100 ex-pm-valls-struggles-to-get-presidential-campaign Presidential candidate Manuel Valls was given a floury reception on a visit to Strasbourg on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161222/video-ex-french-pm-gets-flour-bombed-by-protester Thu, 22 Dec 2016 16:48:07 +0100 video-ex-french-pm-gets-flour-bombed-by-protester Former French premier Manuel Valls headed contenders seeking the leftwing candidacy for next year's presidential election as the deadline loomed on Thursday, but the winning candidate will face an uphill battle. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161215/uphill-battle-awaits-frontrunner-valls-on-leftwing-deadline-day Thu, 15 Dec 2016 15:17:56 +0100 uphill-battle-awaits-frontrunner-valls-on-leftwing-deadline-day France is at "war" with terrorism, but not religion, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Friday as police cornered two suspected Islamist gunmen near Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150109/france-at-war-with-terrorism-not-religion-valls Fri, 09 Jan 2015 12:46:00 +0100 france-at-war-with-terrorism-not-religion-valls The far-right National Front is at the "gates of power" in France, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Sunday in a stark assessment of the crisis embroiling the country's centre-left government. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140908/far-right-at-gates-of-power-in-france-says-pm-valls Mon, 08 Sep 2014 11:22:00 +0200 far-right-at-gates-of-power-in-france-says-pm-valls French unions decided to extend into Sunday a crippling railway strike for a fifth day despite a renewed appeal for dialogue by Prime Minister Manuel Valls. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140615/french-rail-strike-to-enter-fifth-day Sun, 15 Jun 2014 09:24:00 +0200 french-rail-strike-to-enter-fifth-day France’s new Prime Minister Manuel Valls is known for his abrasive, tough talking style and he has wasted no time in proving that to the chefs at his official Paris residence, who he has made aware of his strict dietary requirements, according to the French press. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140407/valls-french-pm-bans-laws-down-the-law-on-fish-2 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 18:59:00 +0200 valls-french-pm-bans-laws-down-the-law-on-fish-2 The wife of France's top cop, Interior Minister Manuel Valls, is a brilliant classical violinist but this week she wound up in the headlines for a different kind of fiddling. Find out what happened when she stepped in to quash a friend's parking ticket. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140321/anne-gravoin-vanishing-parking-fine Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:24:00 +0100 anne-gravoin-vanishing-parking-fine France’s interior minister, Manuel Valls on Monday condemned the “extreme violence” that rocked the Paris suburb of Trappes two weeks ago, saying the clashes showed that France was facing “a crisis of authority”. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130729/frances-interior-minister-signals-crisis-of-authority Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:40:00 +0200 frances-interior-minister-signals-crisis-of-authority France's Socialist government vowed Thursday to do more to integrate the country's Muslims but warned that it would not tolerate the country becoming a hotbed of Islamic radicalism. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120927/valls-pledges-hard-line-against-islamic-extremists Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:49:00 +0200 valls-pledges-hard-line-against-islamic-extremists Calls surfaced Tuesday on social networks for Muslims in France to defy an official ban and hold fresh protests over an anti-Islam film that has sparked violent reactions across the world. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120918/valls-these-protests-are-forbidden Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:12:00 +0200 valls-these-protests-are-forbidden Romania will provide "total cooperation" with France in its effort to deal with Roma migrants, President Train Basescu told visiting French ministers Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120913/romania-vows-total-cooperation-on-roma Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:19:28 +0200 romania-vows-total-cooperation-on-roma Two French ministers were due in Romania Wednesday for talks with the government on its Roma community, after France controversially shut down travellers' camps on its own territory. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120912/ministers-in-romania-for-talks-on-roma Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:19:29 +0200 ministers-in-romania-for-talks-on-roma The mayor of Amiens alerted central government two months ago to “renewed delinquency” and a shortage of police officers in the city, a newly-released letter shows. Meanwhile five people have been arrested in connection to the violence. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120816/amiens-mayor-alerted-government-to-problems-two-months-before-riots Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:40:00 +0200 amiens-mayor-alerted-government-to-problems-two-months-before-riots