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Only 20% of the French police's work is dealing with crime. Their real job is maintaining whatever the ruling powers have decided should be the prevailing social order. Hence the current reaction to the creeping expansion of police powers.

Be wary of ministers offering nothing more than ‘symbolic reassurance’ that something is being done, writes the emeritus professor of city leadership at

But the danger of accidentally triggering a real conflagration remains terrifyingly high.

The US has reportedly provided some European NATO members with intelligence showing an alleged buildup of Russian troops near Ukrainian borders, according to... 22.11.2021, Sputnik International