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 Prime Minister Manuel Valls has confirmed plans to extend the state of emergency that was put in place on the day of the November terror attacks last year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161115/pm-pushes-to-re-extend-frances-state-of-emergency Tue, 15 Nov 2016 17:29:30 +0100 pm-pushes-to-re-extend-frances-state-of-emergency French lawmakers voted on Tuesday to extend the state of emergency for a fourth time, but with a few changes. Here's what's new. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160720/what-are-the-new-emergency-powers-that-france-has Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:15:28 +0200 what-are-the-new-emergency-powers-that-france-has The French government confirmed on Wednesday that the state of emergency that has been in place since the night of November 13th will end on July 26th. But what will happened in reality? https://www.thelocal.fr/20160713/what-the-end-of-the-state-of-emergency-will-mean-for-france Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:13:36 +0200 what-the-end-of-the-state-of-emergency-will-mean-for-france France's Justice Minister has announced that the national state of emergency will be over before the end of the month. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160713/frances-state-of-emergency-to-end-in-july Wed, 13 Jul 2016 12:13:54 +0200 frances-state-of-emergency-to-end-in-july France's parliament voted on Tuesday to extend a state of emergency in place since November's jihadist attacks to the end of July to cover the Euro 2016 football tournament and Tour de France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160510/france-extends-state-of-emergency-to-end-of-july Tue, 10 May 2016 19:49:43 +0200 france-extends-state-of-emergency-to-end-of-july Thousands of people marched through Paris and in other French cities on Saturday to decry the proposed extension of a state of emergency imposed after the November Paris attacks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160131/thousands-protest-french-state-of-emergency Sun, 31 Jan 2016 09:27:20 +0100 thousands-protest-french-state-of-emergency French MPs agreed on Thursday that the national state of emergency would be extended to three months. But what does that mean for you? https://www.thelocal.fr/20151115/what-will-the-state-of-emergency-mean Sun, 15 Nov 2015 14:56:04 +0100 what-will-the-state-of-emergency-mean A whopping 20 percent of France’s working population is on the payroll of the state. But new figures reveal that there are still 50,000 posts that need to be filled. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150706/wanted-50000-french-civil-servants Mon, 06 Jul 2015 13:54:02 +0200 wanted-50000-french-civil-servants The French government's latest bid to tighten its belt will see it sell off thousands of cars from the 65,000-strong fleet of official state-owned vehicles. It comes after the Eylsée Palace decided to flog its finest wines as well as a luxury apartment in New York to save money. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150223/france-to-strip-leather-from-official-car-fleet Mon, 23 Feb 2015 16:54:00 +0100 france-to-strip-leather-from-official-car-fleet