French lower house votes to enshrine state of emergency in constitution

[dixiegrrrrl]

Paris (AFP) - The lower house of the French parliament voted Monday in favour of enshrining in the constitution the process of declaring a state of national emergency, one of a series of controversial amendments the government proposed after November's Paris attacks.

https://news.yahoo.com/french-lower-house-votes-enshrine-state-emergency-constitution-214129614.html

This is a really important development, one which I hope a lot of people will notice.

Esp. in light of:

Disquiet grows over French state of emergency
https://news.yahoo.com/disquiet-grows-over-french-state-emergency-145826611.html

Top French court blocks rights body on state of emergency
https://news.yahoo.com/top-french-court-blocks-rights-body-state-emergency-224634502.html

Counterterrorism Efforts and Human Rights at Odds in France, Experts Say
https://news.yahoo.com/counter-terrorism-efforts-human-rights-odds-france-experts-000616468.html

French activists denounce abuse of authority after attacks
https://news.yahoo.com/french-activists-denounce-abuse-authority-attacks-114447738.html

Thousands march in Paris rain to protest state of emergency
https://news.yahoo.com/thousands-march-paris-rain-protest-state-emergency-182303012.html

[Odin2005]

1. This is not good.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. So glad that someone else gets it.

Been watching what is going on over there closely for some time, knowing it will not be limited to just France.

'Course, we kinda did the same thing, but without going to the trouble of changing the parts of the Constitution that are being ignored now.

[Iggo]

2. Which Star Wars movie was that?

Or am I thinking of the fall of the Weimar Republic?