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 The French government has vowed to reduce the number of MPs and senators by 30 percent by 2019, following through on a pledge made by French President Emmanuel Macron during his election campaign. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180405/france-to-slash-a-third-of-its-mps-and-senators Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:41:54 +0200 france-to-slash-a-third-of-its-mps-and-senators French MPs will have to adhere to a fairly strict dress code when they turn up at parliament in future after a new law banned them from wearing crackdown inappropriate attire including football shirts and religious symbols. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180125/no-football-shirts-french-mps-must-adhere-to-dress-code-in-parliament Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:24:57 +0100 no-football-shirts-french-mps-must-adhere-to-dress-code-in-parliament France's parliament overwhelmingly backed a new law Wednesday to clean up politics, a campaign promise of President Emmanuel Macron following a string of scandals. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170810/france-set-to-approve-law-banning-mps-from-hiring-family-members Thu, 10 Aug 2017 11:08:27 +0200 france-set-to-approve-law-banning-mps-from-hiring-family-members The latest revelation surrounding François Fillon paying his wife parliamentary funds for a job a newspaper suggests she did nothing to justify has thrown into the spotlight the perks that come with being an MP in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170127/francois-fillon-pay-first-class-travel-and-uncontrolled-expenses-the-perks-of-being-a-french-mp Fri, 27 Jan 2017 16:28:44 +0100 francois-fillon-pay-first-class-travel-and-uncontrolled-expenses-the-perks-of-being-a-french-mp French President Francois Hollande has urged British MPs to back an air campaign against the ISIS terror group in Syria, as thousands prepared to march on London Saturday to oppose the plans. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151128/hollande-calls-uk-mps Sat, 28 Nov 2015 09:13:16 +0100 hollande-calls-uk-mps The French government faced the prospect of a no-confidence vote in parliament after the Prime Minister Manuel Valls took the rare step of forcing through a key package of reforms without an MPs vote. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150218/french-government-facing-vote-of-no-confidence Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:35:00 +0100 french-government-facing-vote-of-no-confidence A French minister has criticised a website rating MPs’ performance across the country, calling it "dangerous" and "wicked". https://www.thelocal.fr/20120831/mp-rating-website-is-wicked-socialist-minister Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:24:00 +0200 mp-rating-website-is-wicked-socialist-minister