The manifestly anti-democratic nature of such a decision, and the exclusion of tens of millions of European citizens who would thus be deprived of their country’s six-month presidency, is not even raised in the Meijers Committee report.
The advertising campaign was daring and illegal, but fully endorsed by the organisation that wants another voice to be heard on the matter of life defence in the public sphere.
MP Thiériot, who proposed the bill, believes that decisions to rewrite were made because of “pressure from the ‘wokist’ movement and ‘cancel culture.’”
Les Républicains wants to appear to be in tune with the state of French public opinion, which demands rigour and firmness in the management of immigration.
In order to accelerate the ecological transition, Elisabeth Borne highlighted the necessary distribution of the effort between the state, individuals, and companies.
Since 1881, the idea of preventing future crimes by censoring ideas or events were supposed to have disappeared from French law—but the cancellation of the commemoration proves it is still very much alive.
Despite the restrictions imposed on traditional liturgy by the Vatican, attendance has never been so high, forcing the organisers to close the registrations.
The Sarkozy affair gives an extremely degraded image of French justice, but also of French political life.
For Meloni, the problem is not only financial but ideological. This observation is shared by Pope Francis, who also denounced “a culture that is unfriendly, if not an enemy, of the family.”
Instead of adopting inclusive writing, we might consider learning a language without gendered grammar, like Hungarian—or Farsi—as options.
For Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, it would be perfectly normal to extend the authorisation of voting to general elections for European citizens: just “common sense,” according to his own terms.
Today, more than 50,000 asylum seekers are being housed in hotels across the country at an estimated cost of £6 million a day.