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 Former French PM Manuel Valls announced on Tuesday that he was quitting the Socialist Party and instead would sit among the MPs of President Emmanuel Macron's Republique en Marche party in the French parliament. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170627/former-pm-valls-quits-socialists-to-join-macrons-army-of-mps-in-parliament Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:44:58 +0200 former-pm-valls-quits-socialists-to-join-macrons-army-of-mps-in-parliament France's Socialists voted on Sunday to pick their candidate for this year's presidential polls as a fresh scandal engulfed the election's conservative frontrunner Francois Fillon. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170129/left-winger-vs-reformer-in-french-socialist-primary Sun, 29 Jan 2017 09:55:40 +0100 left-winger-vs-reformer-in-french-socialist-primary France's Socialists face a stark choice in Sunday's presidential primary between diehard leftist Benoit Hamon and reformist ex-prime minister Manuel Valls. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170129/socialist-clash-utopian-hamon-takes-on-fighter-valls Sun, 29 Jan 2017 09:33:26 +0100 socialist-clash-utopian-hamon-takes-on-fighter-valls France's Socialists voted on Sunday in the first round of a presidential primary with candidates including former prime minister Manuel Valls seeking traction in an election expected to see the country tilt to the right. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170122/french-socialists-vote-for-presidential-candidate Sun, 22 Jan 2017 16:40:34 +0100 french-socialists-vote-for-presidential-candidate France's Socialists hold the first round of voting in their presidential primary Sunday, with candidates including former prime minister Manuel Valls fighting for relevance as the country veers to the right. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170122/french-socialists-battle-for-relevance-in-socialist-primary Sun, 22 Jan 2017 09:22:05 +0100 french-socialists-battle-for-relevance-in-socialist-primary A man has been arrested for apparently slapping Manuel Valls, just one month after the presidential hopeful was flour bombed on the campaign trail. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170118/first-a-flour-bomb-now-ex-french-pm-gets-a-slap-on-campaign-trail Wed, 18 Jan 2017 09:54:25 +0100 first-a-flour-bomb-now-ex-french-pm-gets-a-slap-on-campaign-trail Former French premier Manuel Valls came under fire Sunday for his cautious stance on taking in refugees during the migrant crisis, in a fraught second debate of leftwing candidates for the presidency. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170116/presidential-hopeful-valls-slammed-over-migrant-policy Mon, 16 Jan 2017 09:06:18 +0100 presidential-hopeful-valls-slammed-over-migrant-policy Ex-Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has been named as the country's new Prime Minister after Manuel Valls quit the post to run for the presidency. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161206/france-set-to-name-new-pm-once-valls-resigns Tue, 06 Dec 2016 12:29:42 +0100 france-set-to-name-new-pm-once-valls-resigns French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, who announced his presidential bid on Monday, is about to embark on his biggest battle yet. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161205/manuel-valls-the-man-who-wants-to-the-next-boss-of-france Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:34:51 +0100 manuel-valls-the-man-who-wants-to-the-next-boss-of-france French Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced on Monday he is running to become the Socialist candidate for president in elections next year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161205/french-pm-valls-to-announce-bid-for-presidency Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:29:53 +0100 french-pm-valls-to-announce-bid-for-presidency French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said onSunday that the country's state of emergency, imposed after last year's Paris attacks, will likely be extended as France gears up for presidential elections. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161113/france-likely-to-extend-state-of-emergency Sun, 13 Nov 2016 09:40:14 +0100 france-likely-to-extend-state-of-emergency French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, fed up or finally sensing his opportunity, has turned on President Francois Hollande six months from elections in which his Socialist party faces crushing defeat. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161031/hollandes-woes-grow-as-french-pm-breaks-ranks Mon, 31 Oct 2016 17:14:17 +0100 hollandes-woes-grow-as-french-pm-breaks-ranks Nobody yet knows the winner of France's presidential election next year, but the smart money is on one loser: The three-percent cap on government deficits enshrined in eurozone rules. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160911/french-politicians-mll-ripping-up-eu-budget-rules Sun, 11 Sep 2016 11:04:36 +0200 french-politicians-mll-ripping-up-eu-budget-rules French Prime Minister Manuel Valls accused the presumptive US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of being a "bad man" Friday, having previously criticised him over his views on Muslims. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160507/donald-trump-is-probably-a-bad-man-french-pm Sat, 07 May 2016 16:19:54 +0200 donald-trump-is-probably-a-bad-man-french-pm An ambitious US-EU free trade deal will fail without clear quality guarantees, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned Tuesday as his trade minister said chances of an accord were fading. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160426/we-want-guarantees-france-tells-us Tue, 26 Apr 2016 17:48:09 +0200 we-want-guarantees-france-tells-us Under pressure from unions and student groups the French government has come up with a watered down version of its original labour reforms bill. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160314/french-government-waters-down-contested-labour-market-reform Mon, 14 Mar 2016 17:43:08 +0100 french-government-waters-down-contested-labour-market-reform More major attacks in Europe are a "certainty", French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told an audience at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160213/terror-attacks-in-europe-a-certainty-says-french Sat, 13 Feb 2016 12:07:37 +0100 terror-attacks-in-europe-a-certainty-says-french The French Prime Minister has vowed to take urgent action to cut unemployment, acknowledging measures are needed to stem the rise of the far-right National Front. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151215/french-pm-vows-action-unemployment-far-right-national-front Tue, 15 Dec 2015 09:39:38 +0100 french-pm-vows-action-unemployment-far-right-national-front French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has warned of the risk of a chemical and biological attack on France, saying the macabre imagination of terrorists knows no limits. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151119/french-pm-warns-of-risk-of-chemical-attack Thu, 19 Nov 2015 10:56:59 +0100 french-pm-warns-of-risk-of-chemical-attack France's prime minister has turned heads in his native Spain, after he suggested that Barcelona football club could play in France if Catalonia declares independence. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151028/frances-catalan-pm-angers-catalonia Wed, 28 Oct 2015 15:59:18 +0100 frances-catalan-pm-angers-catalonia