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 fishermen have broken off talks with British rivals for a new deal on access to scallop-rich waters in the English Channel, a long-simmering conflict that flared into a high-seas confrontation last month. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180913/game-over-french-fishermen-sink-talks-with Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:21:23 +0200 game-over-french-fishermen-sink-talks-with A British border guard was one of 12 people arrested in Britain and France as part of an investigation into arms and drugs smuggling, police said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171009/uk-border-guard-arrested-in-france-in-drugs-and-guns-raid Mon, 09 Oct 2017 19:26:11 +0200 uk-border-guard-arrested-in-france-in-drugs-and-guns-raid Britain's National Grid electricity network said on Wednesday it was investigating whether a ship dropping anchor during recent storms knocked out half the power links between Britain and France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161201/did-a-ships-anchor-knock-out-power-between-the-uk-and-france Thu, 01 Dec 2016 09:21:01 +0100 did-a-ships-anchor-knock-out-power-between-the-uk-and-france Alain Juppé the current favourite to be elected the next president has made it clear it's time to shift the UK border in Calais back across the English Channel. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161021/uk-border-must-be-moved-across-channel-calais-touquet-france Fri, 21 Oct 2016 10:37:21 +0200 uk-border-must-be-moved-across-channel-calais-touquet-france So what happens now for Brits in France? Nothing too dramatic, but a lot of uncertainty amid legal limbo. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160624/brexit-what-happens-next-a-lot-of-uncertainty Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:28:16 +0200 brexit-what-happens-next-a-lot-of-uncertainty France and Britain paved the way for air strikes against Isis targets in Syria on Monday but many experts say the move is too late in the game and not enough to ensure the impact Hollande and Cameron are hoping for. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150907/france-and-uk-reads-to-up-stakes-in-syria Tue, 08 Sep 2015 00:08:24 +0200 france-and-uk-reads-to-up-stakes-in-syria France's foreign minister Laurent Fabius fired a warning to UK Prime Minister David Cameron ahead of his trip to Paris on Thursday, telling him the EU referendum was "very risky" and that Britain would 'certainly' have the most to lose if it left the EU. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150528/france-uk-eu-referendum-vote-europe Thu, 28 May 2015 13:16:37 +0200 france-uk-eu-referendum-vote-europe UK Prime Minister David Cameron is to visit Paris next week as part of his charm offensive as he tries to persuade European leaders to allow Britain to renegotiate its ties with the EU, ahead of a planned In/Out referendum in the UK. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150522/cameron-to-visit-paris-for-talks-over-eu-reform Fri, 22 May 2015 11:50:46 +0200 cameron-to-visit-paris-for-talks-over-eu-reform Britain’s EU budget rebate has never sat well with the Frenc,h who have to contribute the most to the refund and it's only likely to cause more consternation given that next year, France will hand over €1.5 billion to its neighbour across the Channel. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141016/france-to-hand-over-15-billion-to-britain Thu, 16 Oct 2014 15:16:00 +0200 france-to-hand-over-15-billion-to-britain Britain and France will develop new anti-ship missiles in a €600-million ($830 million) project that stems from a major defence cooperation agreement, Britain's Ministry of Defence said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140327/uk-france-military Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:21:00 +0100 uk-france-military France's top state auditor released a stinging report on Tuesday that lashed out against instances of wasteful government spending like the €214 million paid to the UK for research on an aircraft carrier that was never built. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140211/french-govt-spending-is-running-a-significant-risk-report-says Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:03:00 +0100 french-govt-spending-is-running-a-significant-risk-report-says Outspoken French Interior Minister Manuel Valls has lamented an “impasse” in the way the UK works with France on immigration, particularly at the port of Calais, asking the British to “understand the burden on France.” https://www.thelocal.fr/20131213/uk-must-understand-the-burden-on-france Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:02:08 +0100 uk-must-understand-the-burden-on-france The French president’s eagerness to ‘punish’ Bashar al Assad was tempered last week when UK MPs voted against military action. Here Sir Peter Ricketts, the British envoy to Paris, and a former National Security Advisor, tells The Local why the UK will still support France, just not militarily. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130904/the-french-respect-the-position-of-the-british Wed, 04 Sep 2013 17:09:00 +0200 the-french-respect-the-position-of-the-british