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 France's sacred notion of protecting its own language has meant it has little room for its other regional tongues. But on Tuesday MPs in the National Assembly finally took a big step towards promoting a key part of the country's cultural diversity, that has long been resisted. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140129/regional-language-vote-approve-charter-hypocrisy Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:45:00 +0100 regional-language-vote-approve-charter-hypocrisy France sold €451 million Airbus Group stock, but is still holding about an 11 percent stake in the aircraft and defence corporation. But what prompted the sell off? https://www.thelocal.fr/20140116/airbus-sale-divest-aircraft-eads-451million Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:13:00 +0100 airbus-sale-divest-aircraft-eads-451million