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by Coito ergo sum » Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:05 pm
Foreigners seeking French nationality face tougher requirements as of January 1, when new rules drawn up by Interior Minister Claude Guéant come into force.
Candidates will be tested on French culture and history, and will have to prove their French language skills are equivalent to those of a 15-year-old mother tongue speaker. They will also be required to sign a new charter establishing their rights and responsibilities.
“Becoming French is not a mere administrative step. It is a decision that requires a lot of thought”, reads the charter, drafted by France’s High Council for Integration (HCI). In a more obscure passage, the charter suggests that by taking on French citizenship, “applicants will no longer be able to claim allegiance to another country while on French soil”, although dual nationality will still be allowed.
http://www.france24.com/en/20111229-fra ... itizenship
Ah, those enlightened western Europeans. Would 'twere that we all emulated their progressive ways...
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by maiforpeace » Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:33 pm
Allegiance to French values?
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by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:35 pm
Cue the Hux in 3...2...1...
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by Svartalf » Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:52 pm
maiforpeace wrote:Allegiance to French values?
You know, eating fine food, drinking like a fish, and lusting like it were going out of fashion.
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by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:40 am
Do fish drink?
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by Tero » Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:03 am
I think you can only be a Brit or French after you develop a disdain for all those "foreigners".
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by Svartalf » Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:03 am
Good think your finno-merkin opinion doesn't count does it?
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by Tero » Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:08 am
I actually had no idea what Europe was till 1979. Had to go visit it, after having been accused of being European for some 15 years.
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by Svartalf » Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:12 am
Like being born in a stable made you a thoroughbred.
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by Clinton Huxley » Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:28 am
Why would anyone volunteer to be French? My mind is thoroughly boggled by the very idea.
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by Svartalf » Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:32 am
Unlike the English, not everybody aspires to be a swine and to wallow in filth.
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by Horwood Beer-Master » Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:02 am
...“applicants will no longer be able to claim allegiance to another country while on French soil”...
Interesting. Will catholics have to eschew any loyalty to the Vatican in order to be French? Or will the Vatican finally admit to not being a real country?
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by Svartalf » Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:10 am
We still have treason on the books for those who claim French citizenship while furthering the Vatican's (or any other country's) political interests on our soil.
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by Horwood Beer-Master » Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:13 am
Svartalf wrote:We still have treason on the books for those who claim French citizenship while furthering the Vatican's (or any other country's) political interests on our soil.
Where does that leave catholic priests? I mean it's pretty much their job description to further the Vatican's interests?
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by Svartalf » Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:16 am
Religiously, not politically... If Catholic politics becomes too much of a bother, we'll expel them all again.
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