The nationality forfeiture Act has created a lot of controversy…
After the Paris attacks on November 13th 2015, the French President decided to deprive people with dual nationality who "flout the
soul of France" of their French nationality. But this is not so easy to
do...
Articles 23 to 25 of the French Civil Code say that
someone born in France can't be deprived of his nationality. And International
law forbids states from making people stateless.
The President wants to deprive a person of his
nationality if it is proved that that person has committed a "crime or
offense constituting an infringement of the fundamental interests of the nation," a terrorist act, a "crime or offense under Chapter 2 of Title III of Book
IV of the Criminal Code (espionage, sedition, treason, etc.)," has evaded
"his obligations under the Code of National Service," or "committed
for a foreign state acts harmful to the interests of
France."
The French President said that being born in France
would not be a problem in his law: "We need to deprive a person (a dual
national), convicted of a violation of the fundamental interests of the nation
or of a terrorist act, of his French nationality".
Some people think this law will not work. According to
the Ministry of the Interior (November 2014 figures), a quarter of French-born jihadi fighters in Syria are "new converts". They are not recent
immigrants, and would not therefore be concerned by this measure since they are French nationals (they do not have dual nationality).
This law has divided the Socialist party. Mme Taubira,
the Justice Minister, has had to resign over the issue…
Links :
http://www.lepoint.fr/politique/emmanuel-berretta/hollande-permet-la-decheance-de-nationalite-via-une-loi-23-12-2015-2004842_1897.php
http://www.lefigaro.fr/vox/politique/2015/12/22/31001-20151222ARTFIG00232-decheance-de-nationalite-decheance-de-christiane-taubira.php
Pierre-Dominique ANCEL wants to become a lawyer and work for an international environmental organization.
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