Colm Gillis's Blog - Posts Tagged "state-of-siege"

Yesterday, I investigated the French state of siege. This is the emergency weapon in France and variations of it appear in other countries. For example, the state of emergency in Germany up to at least WWIi was largely based on it. The state of siege can be thought of as being similar to martial law. [continue reading ...]

On Friday, the French President declared a state of emergency which, at time of writing, is still in place. Six times this declaration has been made since WWII but it’s only the second time (in the same period) such a state has been imposed within the French mainland. Nevertheless, France is accustomed to states of exception. [continue reading ...]