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France will be making it harder for foreigners to seek French citizenship as of January. Critics say the new requirements, which include tough language tests and allegiance to “French values”, are an electoral ploy that panders to the far right.

A French bill that would allow non-EU foreigners to vote in local elections passed its first hurdle Friday when it was adopted by the upper-house Senate. But the bill stands no chance of passing in the lower house, the National Assembly.

The French Senate on Thursday held a heated debate as to whether to let non-EU immigrants vote in local elections, with conservatives arguing that such measures have not proven to solve integration problems in other EU nations.

France’s opposition socialist Party wants to give non-EU foreigners the right to vote in local elections. Under current rules, immigrants need ten years’ residency before they can get citizenship, and only then are they granted the right to vote.

France’s ruling UMP party is toughening its stance on immigration ahead of next year’s elections. By straying into the territory of the far right National Front, French Interior Minister Claude Gueant (pictured)is playing a risky game.

Following a memo signed by Interior Minister Claude Guéant (pictured), many foreign graduates in France have recently seen their applications for work permits rejected and are being told to leave the country. France24.com takes a closer look.

The French government announced new immigration rules on Wednesday that would require candidates for French citizenship to provide proof that they speak enough of the language "to manage daily life".

Around 100 people have been evicted from a building in Paris that once belonged to Tunisia’s former ruling party. The wrangling over the property is seen as reflecting the emerging tensions in post-Ben Ali Tunisia.

Around 100 people have been evicted from a building in Paris that once belonged to Tunisia’s former ruling party. The wrangling over the property are seen as reflecting the emerging tensions in post-Ben Ali Tunisia.

No legal action will be taken following a probe into allegations that France's national football team coach Laurent Blanc (pictured) and others advocated enforcing racial quotas at youth academies, the sport ministry said on Tuesday.