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 Shocked locals in eastern France joined the family and distraught friends of a murdered jogger for a silent march on Sunday that saw up to 10,000 people take to the streets of the town of Gray. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171105/thousands-march-for-murdered-french-jogger Sun, 05 Nov 2017 18:39:49 +0100 thousands-march-for-murdered-french-jogger France banned demonstrations in part of the Corsican capital Ajaccio on Sunday following two days of anti-Arab protests and sectarian tensions. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151227/protests-banned-in-corsica-after-anti-arab-demos Sun, 27 Dec 2015 16:12:16 +0100 protests-banned-in-corsica-after-anti-arab-demos In a matter of days the murderous acts of three terrorists, who were born and raised in France, have helped restore confidence and unity to a country and its people. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150112/after-three-days-of-terror-france-feels-like-a-nation Mon, 12 Jan 2015 19:20:00 +0100 after-three-days-of-terror-france-feels-like-a-nation After former president Nicolas Sarkozy skillfully made his way to the front row of the Paris rally on Sunday, Twitter has been flooded with photoshopped pictures under the hashtag #JeSuisNico showing him at all sorts of events, from the moon landings to the fall of the Berlin Wall. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150112/jesuisnico-trends-after-sarkozy-weaves-to-front-of-paris-rally Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:17:00 +0100 jesuisnico-trends-after-sarkozy-weaves-to-front-of-paris-rally While western leaders linked arms in Paris to march in the name of freedom and solidarity and to denounce terrorism, there was one notable absence that has angered and embarrassed some Americans. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150112/should-obama-have-been-marching-in-paris Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:52:00 +0100 should-obama-have-been-marching-in-paris France's far-right National Front (FN) held a demonstration of its own against terrorism on Sunday, after being excluded from a massive unity rally in Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150111/national-front-marches-alone-to-defend-liberty Sun, 11 Jan 2015 21:07:00 +0100 national-front-marches-alone-to-defend-liberty France witnessed an unprecedented mobilisation of its citizens on Sunday as around 3.7 million people took to the streets alongside leaders from across the world in a show of strength and solidarity after the worst terrorist attack on French soil in over half a century. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150111/defiant-french-rise-up-against-extremism Sun, 11 Jan 2015 20:50:00 +0100 defiant-french-rise-up-against-extremism Thousands of people joined a silent march Saturday in the southern French city of Nice in memory of Herve Gourdel, the hiker beheaded last week by Algerian militants linked to the Islamic State group. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140928/silent-march-for-french-slain-hostage Sun, 28 Sep 2014 11:28:00 +0200 silent-march-for-french-slain-hostage Thousands took to the streets of France in traditional May Day protests on Thursday with rival rallies held by the National Front, whose leader Marine Le Pen lambasted the European Union and the country’s trade unions, who demanded an end to austerity. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140502/far-right-and-left-march-in-rival-may-day-rallies Fri, 02 May 2014 10:40:00 +0200 far-right-and-left-march-in-rival-may-day-rallies There were contrasting scenes in Paris on Tuesday after the French parliament made history by voting gay marriage into law. While supporters celebrated on one side of the city, elsewhere opponents of the bill clashed violently with police. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130424/clashes-and-celebrations-after-gay-marriage-vote Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:39:00 +0200 clashes-and-celebrations-after-gay-marriage-vote Angry recriminations flew back and forth on Monday as organizers of the anti-gay marriage march and the forces of order blamed each other for the violence which flared during Sunday's demo. A total of 98 people were arrested during scuffles, which left 30 officers injured. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130325/recriminations-follow-the-battle-of-the-champs-elysee Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:11:00 +0100 recriminations-follow-the-battle-of-the-champs-elysee A Halloween zombie march due to take place this weekend in a village in central France has been banned by the mayor for going against the values of Catholic festival All Saints’ Day. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121031/zombie-march-banned-because-of-catholic-festival Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:54:00 +0100 zombie-march-banned-because-of-catholic-festival Tens of thousands of people staged a protest march Tuesday in Paris to demand job security as a strike on the same issue paralysed the country's second largest port of Le Havre. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121009/marches-across-france-demand-job-security Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:11:00 +0200 marches-across-france-demand-job-security