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nope1000 ◴[] No.40715713[source]
"Fun" Fact: it's currently the European championships in football (soccer) in Europe (probably the biggest event of the year), so it's the perfect opportunity to sneak this through without too many people noticing.
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Hbruz0 ◴[] No.40716236[source]
How does this allow for it to be sneakily applied, as you suggest ?
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prmoustache ◴[] No.40716320[source]
Many unpopular laws are passed during major sports events, soccer world cup, olympucs and/or during summer holidays season.
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1. pelasaco ◴[] No.40716596[source]
> Many unpopular laws are passed

How many? Can you list some of them? I think that your assumptions are kind of the general opinion, but I am interested in facts. I couldn't find "many unpopular laws being passed during such events", can you?

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2. orwin ◴[] No.40716806[source]
In France:

- summer 2017, a law to limit demonstrations and strikes.

-summer 2020: LPR, that incite scientist to shut up, and limit their autonomy while strengthening administrative power over them (students tends to protest laws like this).

But usually, how you do it: you make a 'protect the children' law, or a 'counter terrorist' law, and you expend it's reach with executive power, that how Macron does it. Is it authoritarian? Yes.