France becomes latest country to leave controversial energy charter treaty

Re:France becomes latest country to leave controversial ener... by tpmx on Friday October 21, 2022 @04:29PM (#33292688)

So whenever France does something that goes against the grain, it's usually bad.

Remember when they actually banned cryptography in the late 90s?

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Re:France becomes latest country to leave controversial ener... by mint2 on Friday October 21, 2022 @05:43PM (#33293359)

This treaty they are leaving sounds awful, it’s whole purpose is to let oil companies sue countries for doing things that hamper their profits

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Re:France becomes latest country to leave controversial ener... by NoBreakfirst on Monday October 24, 2022 @07:51PM (#33324264)

Or when they refused to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destructions in Irak?

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