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 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 In what was a defining moment for both the former justice minister Christiane Taubira and for France, here is her powerful speech to parliament after the historic moment when France legalised gay marriage. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160127/the-speech-that-became-christiane-taubiras-finest-moment Wed, 27 Jan 2016 21:19:05 +0100 the-speech-that-became-christiane-taubiras-finest-moment French justice minister Christiane Taubira went from star of the class and hero to French homosexuals to a perpetual nuisance to the government, before finally walking away on Wednesday, writes Ben McPartland https://www.thelocal.fr/20160127/taubira-the-french-minister-who-blazed-her-own-trail Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:52:05 +0100 taubira-the-french-minister-who-blazed-her-own-trail France's Justice Minister Christiane Taubira quit the French government on Wednesday in opposition to a plan to strip dual nationals of French citizenship if they are convicted of terror offences. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160127/french-justice-minister-christiane-taubira-resigns Wed, 27 Jan 2016 10:16:58 +0100 french-justice-minister-christiane-taubira-resigns France's justice ministry promised Tuesday to take action after an investigation leaked in the press found it had hired over 40,000 undeclared workers on a casual basis. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150902/french-justice-ministry-hired-40000-undeclared-workers Wed, 02 Sep 2015 14:59:36 +0200 french-justice-ministry-hired-40000-undeclared-workers While Denmark is to plough millions of euros into helping jihadists reintegrate into society, France is taking a tougher stance as the public calls for more repression in the light of the terror attacks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150128/french-demand-more-repression-for-jihadists Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:09:00 +0100 french-demand-more-repression-for-jihadists UPDATED: France’s justice minister said on Tuesday the country's culture demanded punishment, not 'de-radicalization', for returning jihadists, and denied French courts had trampled on freedom of speech in the aftermath of the Paris terror attacks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150127/france-terrorism-jihadists-paris-attacks-christiane-taubira-justice Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:44:00 +0100 france-terrorism-jihadists-paris-attacks-christiane-taubira-justice France's black Justice Minister Christiane Taubira on Tuesday waded into the conflict over racially charged killings in the United States, quoting Rastafarian reggae icon Bob Marley on Twitter to express her anger. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141125/french-minister-slams-us-police-killings-on-twitter Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:16:35 +0100 french-minister-slams-us-police-killings-on-twitter A French court on Tuesday came down hard on a former National Front local elections candidate, who had compared France’s black Justice Minister Christiane Taubira to a monkey on Facebook. Anne-Sophie Leclère was given nine months behind bars. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140716/woman-jailed-for-likening-black-minister-to-a-monkey Wed, 16 Jul 2014 10:26:00 +0200 woman-jailed-for-likening-black-minister-to-a-monkey France’s justice minister was fending off calls for her resignation on Monday after not singing the country's national anthem, the Marseillaise, at a public event and then comparing singing along with the hymn to “karaoke”. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140512/french-minister-compares-national-anthem-to-karaok Mon, 12 May 2014 13:18:00 +0200 french-minister-compares-national-anthem-to-karaok France's senior black politician, Justice Minister Christiane Taubira has admitted that a recent slew of racist insults - including being compared to a monkey - had caused her children pain. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131121/racist-taunts-have-hurt-my-kids-black-french-minister-taubira-monkey-racism Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:20:00 +0100 racist-taunts-have-hurt-my-kids-black-french-minister-taubira-monkey-racism The United Nations condemned on Friday the recent series of racist slurs against a black French minister. As the country continues its soul searching over the issue, the leader of a French black organisation spells out what needs to be done to stem the rise in racism. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131115/five-steps-france-needs-to-take-to-stop-racism Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:47:00 +0100 five-steps-france-needs-to-take-to-stop-racism A far-right French magazine has provoked outrage and a formal legal inquiry after it used its front cover to racially taunt black minister Christiane Taubira. The cover headline, which compares Taubira to a monkey, has been described as an attack "on the whole of France". https://www.thelocal.fr/20131113/black-french-minister-victim-of-new-racist-taunt Wed, 13 Nov 2013 09:36:00 +0100 black-french-minister-victim-of-new-racist-taunt Despite being France's most prominent black politician, Christiane Taubira has stayed next to silent on race since becoming Justice Minister. But this week she broke her silence with an extraordinary interview that warned against the illusion of a post-racial France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131108/christiane-taubira-race-racism-france Fri, 08 Nov 2013 18:39:00 +0100 christiane-taubira-race-racism-france France's far-right National Front is suing the country's justice minister for defamation, after she condemned the party's views as "deadly and murderous," in response to a former National Front candidate who compared the minister, who is black, to a monkey. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131021/far-right-sues-black-minister-amid-monkey-scandal Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:51:00 +0200 far-right-sues-black-minister-amid-monkey-scandal It can be tricky to predict what might happen next week in France, let alone in a decade. Nonetheless, French President François Hollande asked his cabinet to describe France in the year 2025. Their intriguing predictions were leaked to the media. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130816/france-in-2025-ministers-predict-the-future Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:56:00 +0200 france-in-2025-ministers-predict-the-future Plans for new gay marriage laws will allow same-sex couples the same rights to adopt as heterosexual couples, French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira announced to the press today. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120911/gay-couples-to-have-adoption-rights-in-new-law Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:01:00 +0200 gay-couples-to-have-adoption-rights-in-new-law