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Article 16 of the constitution [7] grants the President of France "extraordinary powers" in exceptional cases, leading to an effective "state of exception": . When the institutions of the Republic, the independence of the nation, the integrity of its territory, or the fulfillment of its international commitments are under grave and immediate threat and when the proper functioning of the ...
Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent, Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [2] ...
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French officials on December 2 said they might impose a state of emergency to prevent looting after several days of violent protests.Three people reportedly died in incidents related to the ...
France said on Tuesday that it and a group of other EU countries were pushing for greater curbs on imports of food products from Ukraine to prevent the destabilisation of EU agricultural markets.
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that U.S. Joe Biden's administration made a "good decision" by allowing Ukraine the use of U.S.-made weapons to strike inside Russia. In the ...
State of emergency A state of emergency was declared throughout the whole of France, the day following the November 2015 Paris attacks; this state of emergency was continually extended until 1 November 2017. [9] 29 October 2020 Attack emergency After the 2020 Nice stabbing. 3 were killed in Notre-Dame de Nice. 5 March 2021 Heightened Security/Risk
Democracies use states of emergency to manage a range of situations from extreme weather events to public order situations. Dictatorial regimes often declare a state of emergency that is prolonged indefinitely for the life of the regime, or for extended periods of time so that derogations can be used to override human rights of their citizens usually protected by the International Covenant on ...