“Emergency” Measures May Be Written Into The French Constitution
▻https://theintercept.com/2015/12/12/terrorist-attacks-spark-crackdown-constitutional-changes-in-france
JUST HOURS INTO A TERRORIST ATTACK that started on the evening of Nov. 13, and would eventually claim 130 lives, François Hollande announced that France was reestablishing border controls, and used a 1955 law to proclaim a state of emergency. This 60-year-old law gives French law enforcement wide and sweeping powers, freeing them from much of the normal judicial oversight. The law gives prefects, the French government’s local representatives, the ability to place people under house arrest, (...) #LDH #législation #surveillance #France