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 said on Friday said it would seal off extremists within prisons and open new centres to reintegrate returning jihadists into society as part of a new plan to halt the spread of radical Islam. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180223/france-to-seal-off-1500-radicalized-inmates-in-prisons Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:57:26 +0100 france-to-seal-off-1500-radicalized-inmates-in-prisons A Frenchman who had been on France's terror watchlist after showing signs of having been radicalized to extremist Islam has been accepted into France's police force. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170925/frenchman-formerly-on-terror-watchlist-slips-through-the-net-to-become-cop Mon, 25 Sep 2017 18:29:37 +0200 frenchman-formerly-on-terror-watchlist-slips-through-the-net-to-become-cop France's first centre for deradicalization is set to close after less than a year, the government announced on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170728/frances-only-deradicalization-centre-is-closing Fri, 28 Jul 2017 12:42:38 +0200 frances-only-deradicalization-centre-is-closing France's first deradicalization centre is set to open before the end of the month, and will aim to free those who have been convinced by the ideology of jihadism. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160914/frances-first-centre-for-deradicalization-set-to-open Wed, 14 Sep 2016 11:36:50 +0200 frances-first-centre-for-deradicalization-set-to-open The French government has come in for stinging criticism for not doing more to fight terrorism after the latest massacre in Nice brought the death toll from jihadist attacks since January 2015 to 234. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160719/what-has-france-done-to-fight-terrorism Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:10:49 +0200 what-has-france-done-to-fight-terrorism France will create centres in each region of the country to de-radicalize people or prevent them becoming involved in jihadist groups, the prime minister said Monday as he laid out new anti-terror measures. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160509/how-france-plans-to-fight-radicalization Mon, 09 May 2016 14:53:00 +0200 how-france-plans-to-fight-radicalization Worrying new figures released on Wednesday show that 8,250 people are believed to have been converted to extremist Islam - twice as many as the year before. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160203/france-sees-twofold-hike-in-radicalization Wed, 03 Feb 2016 14:13:27 +0100 france-sees-twofold-hike-in-radicalization