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 long trip down to the south of France may get a little cheaper in future after France's Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron promised to "reduce [motorway] tolls where possible". https://www.thelocal.fr/20141110/minister-pledges-lower-autoroute-tolls Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:39:00 +0100 minister-pledges-lower-autoroute-tolls France’s ecology minister has called for a 10 percent reduction in the notoriously high tolls on the country's privatized motorways as well as making the roads free on weekends. But the government has other ideas. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141014/french-leader-calls-for-free-motorways-on-weekends Tue, 14 Oct 2014 12:13:00 +0200 french-leader-calls-for-free-motorways-on-weekends The tolls on France’s privatized motorways are ‘unjustified’ and are delivering an up to 24 percent profit to the companies that run them, a government watchdog says. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140918/decrease-urged-in-frances-excessive-road-tolls Thu, 18 Sep 2014 16:53:00 +0200 decrease-urged-in-frances-excessive-road-tolls