Early today I asked how bad does it have to be for Zero to have HuffPo go after him for his failed promises?
Well, at least the leftards in congress are still with him. That might be more than what France’s Hollande can say.
Being rude to the French president is no longer an offense after parliament agreed on Thursday to amend legislation dating back to 1881 in favour of freedom of speech.
Whereas before any rude remark risked an automatic fine for “offending the head of state”, the president is now reduced to the same category as ministers and parliamentarians and would need to have a judge prove there had been slander or defamation. ….
Anyone found by a judge to have slandered the president still runs the risk of a fine of up to 45,000 euros.
President Francois Hollande has so far shown a thick skin, however, as…
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