French olympic truce proposal articles
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French police union threatens to disrupt Olympics relay
A French police trade union threatened Tuesday to disrupt the Olympics torch relay ahead of the start of the Paris Games this July unless officers were given bonuses.The Alliance union said that the French prime minister's office and economy ministry were holding up special Olympics payments promised to police of as much as 1,900 euros ($2,032).Warning that a first demonstration had been called for Thursday, the union said that other actions could follow and "we do not rule out disturbing the...
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French Government Advances Surveillance Agenda in Light of Paris Olympics
The French government, in the run-up to the Paris Olympic Games, has unveiled controversial surveillance plans that include the displacement...
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French police evict hundreds from abandoned Paris warehouse ahead of Olympics
With the Paris Olympic Games 100 days away, police carried out a large-scale eviction at France's biggest squat in the south of the capital. Authorities, including dozens of gendarmes, cleared out the makeshift camp at an abandoned bus company headquarters in Vitry-sur-Seine on Wednesday. The camp had become home to about 450 migrants, with images of the eviction spreading rapidly across social media.