France becomes latest country to leave controversial energy charter treaty (theguardian.com) 16 points by ciconia 3y ago ↗ HN
[–] tpmx 3y ago ↗ So whenever France does something that goes against the grain, it's usually bad.Remember when they actually banned cryptography in the late 90s? [–] [deleted] 3y ago ↗ (comment deleted) [–] mint2 3y ago ↗ This treaty they are leaving sounds awful, it’s whole purpose is to let oil companies sue countries for doing things that hamper their profits [–] NoBreakfirst 3y ago ↗ Or when they refused to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destructions in Irak?
[–] mint2 3y ago ↗ This treaty they are leaving sounds awful, it’s whole purpose is to let oil companies sue countries for doing things that hamper their profits
[–] NoBreakfirst 3y ago ↗ Or when they refused to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destructions in Irak?
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 22.2 ms ] threadRemember when they actually banned cryptography in the late 90s?