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Fight against climate change in French Constitution
The French President Emmanuel Macron recently announced a referendum to add the fight against climate change into the French Constitution. Also, the need to preserve the environment is to be added. What is a Referendum? It is a general vote by the electorate on a political question that has been referred to them for a ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: 2015 Paris Agreement • Climate change • Emmanuel Macron • European Union • President Emmanuel Macron • referendum
France Law against Islamism
The French Cabinet recently presented a draft law that targets “Radical Islamism”. Key Features of the Proposed Law The law aims to envisage range of measures that includes school education reforms to make sure Muslim children do not drop out of school. It aims to provide strict controls on preachers and mosques. The law will ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: extremism • French • Islamic Jihad • Islamism • President Emmanuel Macron
WHO launches COVID-19 Tools (Act) Accelerator
The World Health Organization along with the other international leading organizations such as Global Fund, UNTAID, CEPI, etc. has launched the COVID-19 Tools (Act) Accelerator. The collaboration helps to speed up the development, production and access to therapeutics, diagnostics and vaccines of COVID-19. Highlights The main of the collaboration is to make COVID-19 treatment available ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: China-US • German Chancellor • President Emmanuel Macron • UN Peacekeeping • United Nations • US President Donald Trump • World Health Organization (WHO)
Yellow Vests Protests
The protestors are referred to as Yellow Vests because they don the “Gilets Jaunes” (yellow vests), which the French drivers are required to carry in their cars. It is a leaderless movement which no reported structure or leadership to the movement. Why are they protesting? Though there is no consensus on the French media about why ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Topics: Gilets Jaunes • middle-class backlash • Paris Climate Deal • President Emmanuel Macron • pro-Green agenda • Yellow vests