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The Washington Post reports:
Hollande is expected to put forward a bill this week to extend a state of emergency for three months, enhancing police power to restrict freedom of movement and gatherings at public places.
At Versailles, he also proposed constitutional changes that would allow authorities to withdraw French citizenship from people with dual nationality, even if they were born in France, and to prevent French terrorism suspects from returning to France.
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I feel this would be unproductive; among the problems Europe has long faced is that the children and even grandchildren of immigrants feel unwelcome in the nations of their birth: I understand there are some European countries in which birth does not convey citizenship. President Hollande's proposal would dramatically exacerbate the problem and so give rise to further terrorism.
(Score: 2) by bootsy on Wednesday November 18 2015, @09:37AM
Indeed in the UK it requires more than just Birth to be considered a citizen and gain a passport ( I am aware the two concepts are not identical ).
The rules change every now and then, just as they do in the USA, but being born in the country is not enough. You need at least one parent to also hold citizenship so it is more a hereditary thing.
You can of course apply for it after having worked in the country on a visa for a while.
(Score: 4, Informative) by frojack on Wednesday November 18 2015, @08:06PM
It turns out that is also the case in Canada. One parent must be a citizen and the baby must be born in Canada.
So that leaves only the US in the developed world where Birth in-country is sufficient.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.