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French President Proposes Constitutional Amendment to Withdraw Citizenship from Dual Nationals

posted by n1 on Wednesday November 18 2015, @04:04AM   Printer-friendly
from the with-them-or-against-us dept.

MichaelDavidCrawford writes:

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.

(Emphasis added.)

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.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 18 2015, @07:09PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 18 2015, @07:09PM (#265012)

    Note that its possible to ethnically cleanse and demographically and culturally replace a population in a mostly civilized manner. Look at the former parts of the USA that are Spanish speaking Hispanic areas, basically central and south america transplanted as if by magic. They are not US citizens and do not hold US values or US political beliefs and do not hold US beliefs in general, they are foreigners living on land we gave up to them.

    Would you care to be specific about what geographical areas you are talking about? I'm a white guy, grew up in Michigan, the heart of white, Wonderbread-eating America. For the last couple of decades I have been living in the American Southwest. For over a decade I lived in Tucson, AZ. Currently I live in Albuquerque, NM. I can assure you that, while the Southwest is culturally distinct from the Midwest, we are very much patriotic Americans here, living our lives according to American values. It's possible I have misunderstood your meaning, so that is why I am asking you for clarification. Or maybe you are just talking out of your ass? (It wouldn't be the first time.) So, please explain yourself.