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French left demands resignations over police response to riots – EURACTIV.com
French opposition leaders have called for the resignation of the Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and police chief Frédéric Veaux in a row over the police’s heavy-handed response to the riots that have swept across French cities in recent weeks.
On Friday, Socialist Party First Secretary and MP Olivier Faure called for the resignation of the “triumvirate” of Darmanin, Veaux, and Paris police prefect Laurent Nunez for seeking special treatment for police officers.
“All three are defying republican rules”, said Faure,
The 11 most embarrassing political resignations – POLITICO
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It’s not every day that a pair of sunglasses causes your downfall. But that’s what happened to Bjørnar Moxnes, a Norwegian left-wing party leader who was caught on camera stealing a pair of luxury sunglasses from Oslo airport.
“A lot of people have asked me how I could do something so stupid. I’ve asked myself that many times in recent weeks. I don’t have an adequate explanation,” Moxnes wrote