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 is set to announce a whopping another 30 new measures to simplify life in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161026/france-lays-out-new-measures-to-make-life-simpler Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:14:55 +0200 france-lays-out-new-measures-to-make-life-simpler The French government’s efforts to make our lives easier stepped up a pace on Wednesday as dozens of further measures were announced as part of a “simplification shock”. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160203/heres-how-lives-in-france-have-become-a-little-bit-simpler Wed, 03 Feb 2016 18:52:18 +0100 heres-how-lives-in-france-have-become-a-little-bit-simpler France announced on Monday plans to introduce almost 100 new measures to make life simpler for tax payers and businesses - many of which will see administrative services moved online. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150601/france-takes-scissors-to-red-tape-again Mon, 01 Jun 2015 11:16:40 +0200 france-takes-scissors-to-red-tape-again As France has just rung in the new year, The Local offers readers a glimpse of what changes came into force on January 1, 2015, from energy bills and ticket prices to welfare benefits and wages. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141230/new-year-in-france-change-2015-electricity-tax-salary Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:25:00 +0100 new-year-in-france-change-2015-electricity-tax-salary France, notorious for its jungle of red-tape, has apparently been undersserving of some of that criticism. A new report ranks France as the best country in Europe when it comes to online government services. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140919/red-tape-france-tops-un-e-efficiency-list Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:10:00 +0200 red-tape-france-tops-un-e-efficiency-list The agency behind France's census was left red-faced this week after sending out a letter to a French citizen who died almost 200 years ago. As if that wasn't bad enough, the recipient was none other than Napoleon Bonaparte himself. Click here to see for yourself. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131211/french-bureaucrats-sends-letter-to-napoleon Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:06:00 +0100 french-bureaucrats-sends-letter-to-napoleon The French government is to introduce a raft of measures aimed at making life easier for foreign students who want to study in France. The move is aimed at keeping pace with countries like the US in efforts to attract the world’s best scholars. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130418/france-to-cut-red-tape-to-entice-foreign-students Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:54:33 +0200 france-to-cut-red-tape-to-entice-foreign-students