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Re:European Parliament approves copyright reform by paganel on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @09:57AM (#19491818)
> If you study France's Fifth Republic rules (Constitution), you'll see the president has some discretionary power that are not democratic, in order to be able to take on decisions to safeguard the republic

I'd say that the republic was not put in danger by these protests and that this kind of move creates a very dangerous precedent. I also had thought that "La Révolution française est terminée", to quote Francois Furet, and that's why I think that "de facto" no-one was expecting any French president to send the troops. Did De Gaulle send the troops in May '68?

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Re:European Parliament approves copyright reform by Juliate on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @10:12AM (#19491986)
No one can be De Gaulle again, he.

On the rest, we differ. I'd say that these events are very, very concerning - especially given that the team in charge of the country is clearly not as experienced/diligent as the previous ones, yet.

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