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 French passport holders can visit 189 other countries without a visa, making the little maroon booklet the joint third most powerful passport in the world, according to the latest rankings. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230726/french-passport-the-worlds-third-most-powerful Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:11:23 +0200 french-passport-the-worlds-third-most-powerful People getting the Covid vaccine in France will now be issued with a certificate and a QR code which can be scanned into an app - the first stage towards the creation of the 'health pass' for travel and leisure. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210504/frances-new-vaccination-certificates-first-step-towards-health-passport Tue, 04 May 2021 14:09:07 +0200 frances-new-vaccination-certificates-first-step-towards-health-passport The long-awaited announcement of the resumption of tourism into France from the USA came with several conditions including a compulsory 'health passport' for all travellers, but that doesn't seem to be putting people off making travel plans. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210504/well-be-on-the-first-plane-out-the-americans-desperate-to-visit-france-again Tue, 04 May 2021 16:11:53 +0200 well-be-on-the-first-plane-out-the-americans-desperate-to-visit-france-again For many non-EU nationals living in France getting citizenship of an EU country will make their lives easier, but it doesn't cover everything. Here's a look at what EU citizenship will get you - and what it won't. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210325/living-in-france-what-are-the-advantages-of-getting-an-eu-passport Thu, 25 Mar 2021 17:55:28 +0100 living-in-france-what-are-the-advantages-of-getting-an-eu-passport Europeans may be able to travel more freely this summer with a proposed new vaccination passport. But the European Commission urges caution and calls for certificates to be free from 'discrimination'. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210313/eu-vaccine-passports-must-prevent-discrimination-european-commission Sat, 13 Mar 2021 13:38:35 +0100 eu-vaccine-passports-must-prevent-discrimination-european-commission A mixture of outrage and hilarity (depending on what side you are on) has greeted the news that the shiny new blue British passports set to replace the current red ones after the UK leaves the European Union will in fact be made by a French-dutch company. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180322/a-national-humiliation-britains-post-brexit-blue-passports-to-be-made-in-france Thu, 22 Mar 2018 13:49:10 +0100 a-national-humiliation-britains-post-brexit-blue-passports-to-be-made-in-france The head of Paris Aéroport says there aren’t enough officers to keep up with the increasingly long queues at border control, especially with hordes of football fans about to descend on the capital for the Euro 2016 championship. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160513/paris-airports-ceo-calls-for-reinforcements-for-euro-2016 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:15:54 +0200 paris-airports-ceo-calls-for-reinforcements-for-euro-2016 On Monday, France called on the European Union to do more to detect false Syrian passports, especially in Greece and Italy, after two of the suicide bombers in the Paris attacks were found to be carrying such documents. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151229/france-eu-must-do-more-about-fake-passports Tue, 29 Dec 2015 09:44:16 +0100 france-eu-must-do-more-about-fake-passports