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 will strip disgraced Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of the prestigious Legion d'Honneur, President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171016/france-to-strip-hollywoods-weinstein-of-legion-dhonneur Mon, 16 Oct 2017 11:03:12 +0200 france-to-strip-hollywoods-weinstein-of-legion-dhonneur French Agriculture Minister Stephane Travert has announced that nearly 250,000 insecticide-contaminated eggs have been sold in France since April, but the risk for consumers is "very low". https://www.thelocal.fr/20170811/250000-contaminated-eggs-sold-in-france-since-april Fri, 11 Aug 2017 13:16:52 +0200 250000-contaminated-eggs-sold-in-france-since-april French Agriculture Minister Stephane Travert said Wednesday he wanted "much more fruitful and rapid exchanges of information" with his EU partners over a tainted egg scandal. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170810/france-demands-more-information-over-europe-egg-scandal Thu, 10 Aug 2017 11:44:42 +0200 france-demands-more-information-over-europe-egg-scandal A French millionaire mayor and former MP has publicly apologized after he was caught up in a sex tape scandal with a married woman that he believes cost him re-election to the French parliament. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170626/millionaire-mayor-apologises-for-sex-tape-scandal Mon, 26 Jun 2017 11:26:40 +0200 millionaire-mayor-apologises-for-sex-tape-scandal French Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux resigned on Tuesday after revelations that he hired his two teenage daughters as parliamentary aides, while denying any wrongdoing. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170321/french-minister-pays-daughters-55000-for-summer-work-as-assistants Tue, 21 Mar 2017 19:46:57 +0100 french-minister-pays-daughters-55000-for-summer-work-as-assistants Former Budget Minister Jérôme Cahuzac's was jailed for three years on Thursday. Here is a look at how he became a political pariah in France after being charged with tax fraud and kicked out of the government in 2013. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161208/cahuzac-charged-tax-lies-and-audiotape Thu, 08 Dec 2016 12:41:01 +0100 cahuzac-charged-tax-lies-and-audiotape Police have raided Volkswagen's French headquarters over an investigation into the massive pollution-cheating scandal that has engulfed the German auto giant, a judicial source said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151018/police-raid-volkswagens-french-headquarters Sun, 18 Oct 2015 17:21:46 +0200 police-raid-volkswagens-french-headquarters Two French policemen who dropped their trousers at a British war memorial have picked up a €1,000 fine each after being found guilty of indecent exposure. It was disrespectful to the dead, prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151001/french-cops-fine-for-flashing-brit-war-memorial Thu, 01 Oct 2015 16:34:58 +0200 french-cops-fine-for-flashing-brit-war-memorial A Canadian tourist who claims to have been raped by several Parisian police officers began on Monday the process of confronting the suspects before a judge. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150928/canadian-tourist-confronts-paris-police-rapists Mon, 28 Sep 2015 19:59:32 +0200 canadian-tourist-confronts-paris-police-rapists More than 100 police officers are being subjected to DNA tests as part of a probe into the rape of a Canadian tourist at police headquarters in Paris. Two elite French police officers have already been charged with the crime. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150910/paris-cops-face-mass-dna-tests-in-canadian-rape-case Thu, 10 Sep 2015 12:15:33 +0200 paris-cops-face-mass-dna-tests-in-canadian-rape-case Paris’s powerful criminal investigation force, France’s answer to the FBI, is once again embroiled in scandal. After the missing cocaine and the alleged rape of a tourist, the force's chief has been deposed after being charged with leaking secret info. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150206/cocaine-rape-and-leaks-frances-fbi-in-trouble-again Fri, 06 Feb 2015 12:14:00 +0100 cocaine-rape-and-leaks-frances-fbi-in-trouble-again Francois Hollande was dealt another blow Wednesday after an advisor suspected of misusing company assets resigned, the French president's latest close associate to step down under a cloud of controversy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141203/another-french-presidential-aide-bites-the-dust Wed, 03 Dec 2014 18:21:00 +0100 another-french-presidential-aide-bites-the-dust Two baby girls were mixed up by maternity hospital workers in France and grew up in the wrong families. Twenty years on, the families want €12 million in compensation. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141202/switched-baby-families-seek-12-million-euro-damages Tue, 02 Dec 2014 13:24:00 +0100 switched-baby-families-seek-12-million-euro-damages A corruption scandal surrounding former French president Nicolas Sarkozy deepened further on Saturday with fresh leaks of telephone conversations purporting to show he offered to get a judge a plum job in return for favours. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140712/frances-sarkozy-hit-by-new-phone-tap-leaks Sat, 12 Jul 2014 18:50:00 +0200 frances-sarkozy-hit-by-new-phone-tap-leaks A farmers’ rights group angry over the arrest of some of its members, ‘detained’ one of the French president’s agricultural advisers on Friday, which capped off a terrible week for the historically unpopular leader. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140530/angry-french-farmers-detain-presidents-advisor Fri, 30 May 2014 17:35:00 +0200 angry-french-farmers-detain-presidents-advisor The latest blow to struggling President François Hollande came on Friday when a close aide quit over allegations he'd used taxpayer money to support a posh lifestyle and appeared to have breached conflict of interest barriers. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140418/french-president-francois-hollande-scandal Fri, 18 Apr 2014 13:47:00 +0200 french-president-francois-hollande-scandal When two French artists were given the job of finding a modern French women to embody the iconic historical figure of Marie Antoinette for a painting, needless to say there were a few eyebrows raised when they opted for notorious former underage escort girl Zahia Dehar. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140411/ex-call-girl-zahia-poses-as-marie-antoinette Fri, 11 Apr 2014 14:55:00 +0200 ex-call-girl-zahia-poses-as-marie-antoinette France’s former budget minister turned political pariah Jérôme Cahuzac, who has been charged with tax fraud, has provoked anger by filing an expenses claim asking parliament to pay for his travel costs, for when he appeared as part of a parliamentary inquiry into his wrongdoing. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130918/mps-sickened-by-disgraced-minister-travel-claim Wed, 18 Sep 2013 15:33:00 +0200 mps-sickened-by-disgraced-minister-travel-claim Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has taken to the airwaves in the US to vent his "anger" (see video) at being treated like a criminal by the media after rape charges from a New York hotel chambermaid, which were later dropped. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130710/video-dsk-slams-terrible-treatment-in-us Wed, 10 Jul 2013 12:08:00 +0200 video-dsk-slams-terrible-treatment-in-us He hasn’t spoken in public in France for two years, but disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is set to play the role of professor on Wednesday, when he delivers a lecture on tax evasion to French Senators, much to the disgust of certain politicians. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130626/dsks-lecture-to-french-senators-causes-a-stir Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:58:00 +0200 dsks-lecture-to-french-senators-causes-a-stir