Emma Pearson
@emmapearson.bsky.social
Editor of The Local France, co-host of Talking France podcast. Paris resident, Yorkshire born, Castres Olympique 🏉 fan - emma.pearson@thelocal.com
Train life . . .
February 11, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Train life . . .
Milan-Cortina 26, you are awesome 🥇
February 11, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Milan-Cortina 26, you are awesome 🥇
Books, podcasts, music, daydreaming, snacking, napping and beautiful views - taking the train makes the journey part of the holiday 🚆
February 4, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Books, podcasts, music, daydreaming, snacking, napping and beautiful views - taking the train makes the journey part of the holiday 🚆
Sudden spike in readers on this article from 2024. Wonder why 🤔
What jurisdiction do French courts have over people outside France?
It's not uncommon for French prosecutors to launch investigations into people or businesses - but what jurisdiction do French courts have over those outside France?
www.thelocal.fr
February 3, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Sudden spike in readers on this article from 2024. Wonder why 🤔
Well this could be interesting . . .
The US government has already barred entry to the ex EU commissioner Thierry Breton who was instrumental in creating the Digital Services Act to regulate tech companies.
Wonder what their reaction will be to Paris police and prosecutors doing their job?
The US government has already barred entry to the ex EU commissioner Thierry Breton who was instrumental in creating the Digital Services Act to regulate tech companies.
Wonder what their reaction will be to Paris police and prosecutors doing their job?
French cybercrime authorities search X offices in Paris and summon Elon Musk
French cybercrime authorities were on Tuesday carrying out a search of the French offices of X (formerly Twitter) and have issued a summons to owner Elon Musk, the Paris public prosecutor's office has...
www.thelocal.fr
February 3, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Well this could be interesting . . .
The US government has already barred entry to the ex EU commissioner Thierry Breton who was instrumental in creating the Digital Services Act to regulate tech companies.
Wonder what their reaction will be to Paris police and prosecutors doing their job?
The US government has already barred entry to the ex EU commissioner Thierry Breton who was instrumental in creating the Digital Services Act to regulate tech companies.
Wonder what their reaction will be to Paris police and prosecutors doing their job?
We give the people what they want 😂
February 3, 2026 at 8:09 AM
We give the people what they want 😂
I always thought that those people who insist on trying to take souvenir WWI shells on the Eurostar and end up closing down Gare du Nord win the prize for the dumbest use of historic munitions. I was wrong . . .
French hospital treats man with WWI shell up his rectum
Bomb disposal experts had to be called to a hospital in south-west France on Sunday after a patient arrived with a WWI shell lodged in his rectum.
www.thelocal.fr
February 2, 2026 at 7:52 AM
I always thought that those people who insist on trying to take souvenir WWI shells on the Eurostar and end up closing down Gare du Nord win the prize for the dumbest use of historic munitions. I was wrong . . .
It's unfashionable to stan politicians, but I do think that Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and her predecessor Bertrand Delanoë deserve enormous credit for how they transformed the city
(Yes, I am aware that it isn't perfect and cyclists are sometimes annoying, quand même)
(Yes, I am aware that it isn't perfect and cyclists are sometimes annoying, quand même)
How Paris has transformed itself into a ‘post-car’ city
It has taken more than 20 years and involved numerous battles both legal and political, but Paris leaders have largely succeeded in their stated goal of limiting and reversing the car’s influence on t...
www.thelocal.fr
January 30, 2026 at 3:42 PM
It's unfashionable to stan politicians, but I do think that Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and her predecessor Bertrand Delanoë deserve enormous credit for how they transformed the city
(Yes, I am aware that it isn't perfect and cyclists are sometimes annoying, quand même)
(Yes, I am aware that it isn't perfect and cyclists are sometimes annoying, quand même)
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Once again, extraordinary things happening on the social media of the German foreign ministry
www.instagram.com/reel/DUGW47K...
www.instagram.com/reel/DUGW47K...
January 29, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Once again, extraordinary things happening on the social media of the German foreign ministry
www.instagram.com/reel/DUGW47K...
www.instagram.com/reel/DUGW47K...
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An important story by @katyinparis.bsky.social aris.bsky.social about a death at the hands of the French police that has too easily been ignored.
"You’re strangling me," El Hacen Diarra told police, in the latest echo of Eric Garner's "I can't breathe".
millefeuilleparis.substack.com/p/a-man-just...
"You’re strangling me," El Hacen Diarra told police, in the latest echo of Eric Garner's "I can't breathe".
millefeuilleparis.substack.com/p/a-man-just...
A man just died in Paris in police custody. Why aren’t we more outraged?
His name was El Hacen Diarra. In a video of his arrest, he tells the officers: ‘You’re strangling me.’
millefeuilleparis.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:23 AM
An important story by @katyinparis.bsky.social aris.bsky.social about a death at the hands of the French police that has too easily been ignored.
"You’re strangling me," El Hacen Diarra told police, in the latest echo of Eric Garner's "I can't breathe".
millefeuilleparis.substack.com/p/a-man-just...
"You’re strangling me," El Hacen Diarra told police, in the latest echo of Eric Garner's "I can't breathe".
millefeuilleparis.substack.com/p/a-man-just...
😂💁♀️
(Also 🇫🇷 residents, check out the note perfect small print at the bottom)
(Also 🇫🇷 residents, check out the note perfect small print at the bottom)
January 29, 2026 at 5:14 PM
😂💁♀️
(Also 🇫🇷 residents, check out the note perfect small print at the bottom)
(Also 🇫🇷 residents, check out the note perfect small print at the bottom)
One interesting aspect of this 👀-catching scheme, it's funded by the local authority winning a €1.3 million court battle against Airbnb
French island offers up to €10,000 to second-home owners who rent out their property
Local officials on a French island are offering incentives of up to €10,000 to second-home owners who are willing to rent out their properties on a long-term lease, in order to try and overcome the ho...
www.thelocal.fr
January 29, 2026 at 4:50 PM
One interesting aspect of this 👀-catching scheme, it's funded by the local authority winning a €1.3 million court battle against Airbnb
Learned what sounded like the most amazing 🇫🇷 fact - that Je t'aime . . . Moi Non Plus didn't get airplay in the US so did poorly in the charts. Peaking at . . . number 69!
Unfortunately, I checked and it's not true, it got to number 58. Sometimes I hate myself for ruining good anecdotes like this
Unfortunately, I checked and it's not true, it got to number 58. Sometimes I hate myself for ruining good anecdotes like this
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Learned what sounded like the most amazing 🇫🇷 fact - that Je t'aime . . . Moi Non Plus didn't get airplay in the US so did poorly in the charts. Peaking at . . . number 69!
Unfortunately, I checked and it's not true, it got to number 58. Sometimes I hate myself for ruining good anecdotes like this
Unfortunately, I checked and it's not true, it got to number 58. Sometimes I hate myself for ruining good anecdotes like this
New podcast episode!
🇫🇷 The French train controversy, and how family-friendly is France?
🇫🇷 What to expect from this spring's local elections and what (if anything) they can tell us about 2027
🇫🇷 Plus crêpes, crazy French festivals and the French football team that sings about a sausage . . .
🇫🇷 The French train controversy, and how family-friendly is France?
🇫🇷 What to expect from this spring's local elections and what (if anything) they can tell us about 2027
🇫🇷 Plus crêpes, crazy French festivals and the French football team that sings about a sausage . . .
Talking France: Is France becoming less child-friendly and what's at stake in spring's local elections?
Up this week we'll look at what's at stake in the upcoming local elections in France and whether French voters really care. And we'll look ahead to the French presidential election to see whether a...
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January 29, 2026 at 8:22 AM
New podcast episode!
🇫🇷 The French train controversy, and how family-friendly is France?
🇫🇷 What to expect from this spring's local elections and what (if anything) they can tell us about 2027
🇫🇷 Plus crêpes, crazy French festivals and the French football team that sings about a sausage . . .
🇫🇷 The French train controversy, and how family-friendly is France?
🇫🇷 What to expect from this spring's local elections and what (if anything) they can tell us about 2027
🇫🇷 Plus crêpes, crazy French festivals and the French football team that sings about a sausage . . .
Sad for France prop Uini Atonio who has been forced into medical retirement at the age of 35.
In better news for him, he has a brewery that produces some extremely palatable beers (tag - A blonde with a beard)
In better news for him, he has a brewery that produces some extremely palatable beers (tag - A blonde with a beard)
Rugby : victime d’un « accident cardiaque » le pilier du XV de France Uini Atonio doit mettre un terme à sa carrière
Le pilier droit international de 35 ans, hospitalisé mardi 27 janvier suite à un problème cardiaque, met un terme brutal à sa carrière.
www.leparisien.fr
January 28, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Sad for France prop Uini Atonio who has been forced into medical retirement at the age of 35.
In better news for him, he has a brewery that produces some extremely palatable beers (tag - A blonde with a beard)
In better news for him, he has a brewery that produces some extremely palatable beers (tag - A blonde with a beard)
For anyone interested, the protest is this evening
Americans in Paris to hold 'anti ICE' protest
Americans in Paris are organising a demo in solidarity with the American people, and against the ICE agency.
www.thelocal.fr
January 28, 2026 at 8:36 AM
For anyone interested, the protest is this evening
Want to avoid American tech for music streaming, conference calls, cloud storage, document signing etc? It is possible!
15 French replacements for American tech
From music streaming to cloud storage, via search engines and gaming, there exist plenty of French alternatives to the big American tech giants.
www.thelocal.fr
January 27, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Want to avoid American tech for music streaming, conference calls, cloud storage, document signing etc? It is possible!
My fellow Brits, we have made it into the Top 5 . . .
(This is very exciting, UK is never top of the class at anything!)
(This is very exciting, UK is never top of the class at anything!)
Brits now fifth largest immigrant group in France
New data from the French government shows that British nationals now make up the fifth largest group of foreign residency-permit holders in France.
www.thelocal.fr
January 27, 2026 at 1:19 PM
My fellow Brits, we have made it into the Top 5 . . .
(This is very exciting, UK is never top of the class at anything!)
(This is very exciting, UK is never top of the class at anything!)
That feeling when you suddenly spot yourself in some official data - that huge blue spike in 2020-2022 is all the Brits in France getting their post-Brexit residency cards
January 27, 2026 at 11:39 AM
That feeling when you suddenly spot yourself in some official data - that huge blue spike in 2020-2022 is all the Brits in France getting their post-Brexit residency cards
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We are opening an investigation into Grok because we believe that X may have breached the DSA.
We have seen antisemitic content, non-consensual deepfakes of women, and child sexual abuse material.
In Europe, no company will make money by violating our fundamental rights.
link.europa.eu/Fh8h84
We have seen antisemitic content, non-consensual deepfakes of women, and child sexual abuse material.
In Europe, no company will make money by violating our fundamental rights.
link.europa.eu/Fh8h84
January 26, 2026 at 1:24 PM
We are opening an investigation into Grok because we believe that X may have breached the DSA.
We have seen antisemitic content, non-consensual deepfakes of women, and child sexual abuse material.
In Europe, no company will make money by violating our fundamental rights.
link.europa.eu/Fh8h84
We have seen antisemitic content, non-consensual deepfakes of women, and child sexual abuse material.
In Europe, no company will make money by violating our fundamental rights.
link.europa.eu/Fh8h84
Funnily enough we were just saying over beers on Friday that the left needs to hurry up and select a candidate . . .
('United' in the context of the 🇫🇷 left being, obviously, an extremely relative term)
('United' in the context of the 🇫🇷 left being, obviously, an extremely relative term)
France to select 'united left' candidate to face far-right in 2027 elections
A selection of parties on the French left have announced their intention to hold primaries to field a candidate of the 'united left' in the 2027 presidential elections, to better face the challenge of...
www.thelocal.fr
January 26, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Funnily enough we were just saying over beers on Friday that the left needs to hurry up and select a candidate . . .
('United' in the context of the 🇫🇷 left being, obviously, an extremely relative term)
('United' in the context of the 🇫🇷 left being, obviously, an extremely relative term)
Hello from 'Stalinist' Paris, which has embraced the 15-minute city concept since 2020
(You do sometimes have to queue at the boulangerie, so in that sense it's exactly the same as the USSR)
(You do sometimes have to queue at the boulangerie, so in that sense it's exactly the same as the USSR)
January 25, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Hello from 'Stalinist' Paris, which has embraced the 15-minute city concept since 2020
(You do sometimes have to queue at the boulangerie, so in that sense it's exactly the same as the USSR)
(You do sometimes have to queue at the boulangerie, so in that sense it's exactly the same as the USSR)
Got an email this week from an American asking if he should cancel his trip to France, worried about hostility. Fortunately it seems the French are easily able to distinguish between individual Americans and the actions of Donald Trump, and Americans still feel welcome here (as they should)
'The French are sympathetic': Americans on life in France in the Trump era
'The French are sympathetic': Americans on life in France in the Trump era
Tensions are rising between the US and Europe, but how does this affect Americans living in France? And do American tourists need to worry about their reception here? We asked Local readers about their experiences.
www.thelocal.fr
January 22, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Got an email this week from an American asking if he should cancel his trip to France, worried about hostility. Fortunately it seems the French are easily able to distinguish between individual Americans and the actions of Donald Trump, and Americans still feel welcome here (as they should)
This (on a few trains only) has sparked quite the controversy, although SNCF says it gets 'numerous requests' to ban kids from all first class carriages
New 'child-free' first class carriages on French trains spark controversy
The French train operator has launched a new first class option for selected trains, in which children are not allowed.
www.thelocal.fr
January 22, 2026 at 9:55 AM
This (on a few trains only) has sparked quite the controversy, although SNCF says it gets 'numerous requests' to ban kids from all first class carriages
Good for Thibaud . .
The France international won't be available for the opening match of the Six Nations because he and his wife are having IVF and, as he explains, 'the timing is based on the menstrual cycle, so we cannot control it'
The France international won't be available for the opening match of the Six Nations because he and his wife are having IVF and, as he explains, 'the timing is based on the menstrual cycle, so we cannot control it'
Thibaud Flament forfait pour l’ouverture du Tournoi des six nations en raison d’un processus PMA avec sa femme, atteinte d’endométriose
🗞️ Le Monde.fr - 🕐 21/01 21:00
#actu #news #presse #lemonde.fr
🗞️ Le Monde.fr - 🕐 21/01 21:00
#actu #news #presse #lemonde.fr
Thibaud Flament forfait pour l’ouverture du Tournoi des six nations en raison d’un processus PMA avec sa femme, atteinte d’endométriose
Il manquera le match d’ouverture du Tournoi des six nations, un choc entre l’équipe de France masculine de rugby et le XV du Trèfle irlandais, comme trois autres cadres – Damian Penaud, Gaël Fickou et Gregory Alldritt –, mais Thibaud Flament l’a choi... [3116 chars]
www.lemonde.fr
January 22, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Good for Thibaud . .
The France international won't be available for the opening match of the Six Nations because he and his wife are having IVF and, as he explains, 'the timing is based on the menstrual cycle, so we cannot control it'
The France international won't be available for the opening match of the Six Nations because he and his wife are having IVF and, as he explains, 'the timing is based on the menstrual cycle, so we cannot control it'