• Yes it was after his victory over Le Pen. "Vote for the crook, not for the fascist". He made the announcement towards the start of his second term. He then became the least popular President ever.
    The French political system and Chirac's interpretation of it in particular allowed this kind of executive action. There's not a hope of change happening in the same way here.

  • The French political system and Chirac's interpretation of it in particular allowed this kind of executive action.

    Really interesting. How did the civil service get the police to actually go along with it? Sprayed them with money, I suppose.

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