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 EU countries have finally agreed to reopen their external borders on July 1st to visitors from 15 countries but American tourists will still not be allowed to travel to Europe because the US is still considered a risk due to the high number of Covid-19 cases. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200629/eu-to-allow-visitors-from-14-safe-countries-but-not-the-us Mon, 29 Jun 2020 21:17:02 +0200 eu-to-allow-visitors-from-14-safe-countries-but-not-the-us "Trust in Trump's America is gone." The coronavirus crisis has caused a dramatic deterioration in the European public perception of the US and left many believing the EU had become "irrelevant", new polling finds. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200629/how-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-europeans-views-of-the-us-and-the-eu Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:22:08 +0200 how-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-europeans-views-of-the-us-and-the-eu American travellers look set to be denied entry to the EU when the bloc reopens its borders on July 1st, according to reports. While those from Australia and New Zealand will likely to be allowed to return. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200623/will-americans-be-barred-from-travel-to-europe Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:28:46 +0200 will-americans-be-barred-from-travel-to-europe US President Donald Trump has ordered an investigation into France's planned tax on internet services that will hit American tech giants especially hard, officials said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190711/trump-orders-investigation-into-frances-planned-tax-on-tech-giants Thu, 11 Jul 2019 10:31:27 +0200 trump-orders-investigation-into-frances-planned-tax-on-tech-giants French President Emmanuel Macron stressed the importance of a Cold War-era nuclear weapons treaty during a phone call with Donald Trump, his office said Monday, after the US president announced he was pulling out of the deal. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181022/macron-defends-importance-of-russia-nuclear-weapons-treaty-in-call-with-trump Mon, 22 Oct 2018 14:12:52 +0200 macron-defends-importance-of-russia-nuclear-weapons-treaty-in-call-with-trump France is famously America's oldest ally, but more than half of French people no longer consider the United States a reliable partner, according to a survey released Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180913/most-french-people-no-longer-consider-us-a-trusted-ally Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:49:38 +0200 most-french-people-no-longer-consider-us-a-trusted-ally French energy giant Total has officially quit its multi-billion-dollar gas project in Iran, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on Monday, following the reimposition of US sanctions. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180820/french-energy-giant-total-officially-quits-iran-over-us-sanctions-risk Mon, 20 Aug 2018 14:37:50 +0200 french-energy-giant-total-officially-quits-iran-over-us-sanctions-risk French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday he viewed talks between US President Donald Trump and EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker as "useful", but he was "not in favour" of a "vast new trade deal" between the European Union and the United States. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180727/macron-not-in-favour-of-vast-new-us-eu-trade-deal Fri, 27 Jul 2018 10:52:19 +0200 macron-not-in-favour-of-vast-new-us-eu-trade-deal France, along with the UK and Germany -- the European Union's three largest economies -- agree on the need to be "ready to react" to trade tariffs imposed by the United States, France's presidency said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180430/france-says-eu-must-be-ready-to-react-to-us-trade-tariffs Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:47:18 +0200 france-says-eu-must-be-ready-to-react-to-us-trade-tariffs Here's a look at what's happening on Macron's US state visit, the first by a foreign leader since Donald Trump assumed the presidency last year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180424/in-pictures-trump-welcomes-macron-for-first-state-visit Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:11:28 +0200 in-pictures-trump-welcomes-macron-for-first-state-visit The French and American presidents walked in step as they approached George Washington's historic Mount Vernon mansion overlooking the Potomac River, their stiletto-clad wives following as a harpist serenaded the glamorous double date. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180424/us-state-visit-the-trumps-host-the-macrons-for-a-glitzy-mount-vernon-evening Tue, 24 Apr 2018 13:36:40 +0200 us-state-visit-the-trumps-host-the-macrons-for-a-glitzy-mount-vernon-evening French President Emmanuel Macron will address a joint session of Congress during his state visit to the United States next month, the speaker of the House of Representatives said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180321/macron-invited-to-address-us-congress-during-april-state-visit Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:31:01 +0100 macron-invited-to-address-us-congress-during-april-state-visit French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that the European Union must "react quickly" to US plans for tariffs on steel and aluminium imports which he said clearly breached global trade rules. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180305/macron-warns-eu-must-react-quickly-to-protectionist-us-policies Mon, 05 Mar 2018 15:45:29 +0100 macron-warns-eu-must-react-quickly-to-protectionist-us-policies French President Emmanuel Macron will head to the United States in April for the first state visit announced by Donald Trump's White House, officials said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180207/macron-accepts-trumps-offer-to-visit-us-in-april Wed, 07 Feb 2018 13:26:51 +0100 macron-accepts-trumps-offer-to-visit-us-in-april Around 50 world leaders are expected in Paris for a major climate summit this month but US President Donald Trump will skip it, the French presidency said Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171205/world-leaders-all-set-for-paris-climate-summit-but-not-donald-trump Tue, 05 Dec 2017 10:28:45 +0100 world-leaders-all-set-for-paris-climate-summit-but-not-donald-trump Billions of euros will change hands over Black Friday weekend sales across Europe, but despite increasingly accepting the US import, the promotions will be marked by strikes, protests and concerns about over-consumption. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171125/europe-embraces-black-friday-sales-with-some-reservations Sat, 25 Nov 2017 10:21:16 +0100 europe-embraces-black-friday-sales-with-some-reservations Nine in ten French people have an unfavourable opinion of Donald Trump, according to a recent study. And that's even worse than their view of Putin. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171103/putin-more-popular-than-trump-at-least-with-the-french Fri, 03 Nov 2017 11:49:22 +0100 putin-more-popular-than-trump-at-least-with-the-french US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis thanked his French counterpart Friday for assistance in the immediate aftermath of an ambush in Niger that killed four US troops. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171021/pentagon-chief-mattis-thanks-france-after-niger-attack Sat, 21 Oct 2017 11:32:38 +0200 pentagon-chief-mattis-thanks-france-after-niger-attack The United States does not support a French proposal to tax the gross revenues of international tech corporations like Google and Amazon, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171015/us-rejects-french-proposal-on-taxing-tech-companies Sun, 15 Oct 2017 13:55:12 +0200 us-rejects-french-proposal-on-taxing-tech-companies France on Saturday urged the US Congress not to rip up the Iran nuclear deal, after President Donald Trump decertified Iran's compliance with the 2015 agreement. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171015/france-urges-us-congress-not-to-cancel-iran-nuclear-deal Sun, 15 Oct 2017 11:51:06 +0200 france-urges-us-congress-not-to-cancel-iran-nuclear-deal