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 G7 summit ended in farce and a renewed threat of global trade war on Saturday as US President Donald Trump abruptly rejected the text of a consensus statement and bitterly insulted the Canadian host. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180610/trump-trade-fury-torpedoes-canadas-g7-summit Sun, 10 Jun 2018 11:16:35 +0200 trump-trade-fury-torpedoes-canadas-g7-summit Leaders of Italy, France and Germany will hold a summit in Italy in August on the aftermath of the UK’s decision to leave the EU. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160714/italy-france-and-germany-to-hold-brexit-summit-in-august Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:02:49 +0200 italy-france-and-germany-to-hold-brexit-summit-in-august Greece will descend into "riots and chaos" if no deal is found, France's central bank chief warned on Wednesday – the day after Europe's leaders agreed to give Athens until Thursday to come up with "serious" proposals. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150708/french-bank-chief-greece-chaos-deal-grexit Wed, 08 Jul 2015 11:03:04 +0200 french-bank-chief-greece-chaos-deal-grexit A confidential letter sent to France by the EU Commission demanding clarifications on its 2015 budget, which will break EU spending rules, was unveiled Friday by a French news website. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141025/french-website-exposes-eu-budget-letter Sat, 25 Oct 2014 10:42:00 +0200 french-website-exposes-eu-budget-letter France on Tuesday justified a decision to admit Gulf state Qatar into a bloc of French-speaking nations as an associate member, arguing that the country was committed to popularising the language. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121016/qatar-joins-french-speaking-club Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:24:07 +0200 qatar-joins-french-speaking-club Canadian Premier Stephen Harper defended his attendance at the Francophonie summit in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday while slamming the country's failure to abide by "democratic standards." https://www.thelocal.fr/20121015/tensions-at-francophone-summit-over-congo-democracy Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:43:00 +0200 tensions-at-francophone-summit-over-congo-democracy