Designed to cut the number of trucks on the road. Were joined now by Stephen Cowell on the business desk. The government expected to reduce it, not scrapped it. Indeed, quite a surprise. The government said they would not get rid of the tax but delaying it, perhaps changing the rates. Heavy goodsx on vehicles. Certain parts of the french roads. It would chart up to . 15 per kilometer under the plan am a which was due to come into force january of next year. This was conceived by the previous government and had fallen on the shoulders of shoulder. Ollandes particularly from the outlying pariss, particularly like where resolve violent protests over the weekend where farmers, particularly and Small Businesses were worried this alreadycrease the waning margins in the wake of the financial crisis. Government has made some changes to the law earlier this year. They delayed implementation credit. Now talking about scrapping it altogether. An Appeals Court has overturned rulings were saying to
Defend its views as does the right to life. That is the way our system operates. And Campaign Finances reform is about lower the limits, restrict the speech, restrict the speech and what happens is the only is e who can win election incumbent politicians because they have those that raise the money and any challenger has to raise the money. If you dont have an army of thousands and thousands of buppedlers you cannot effectively challenge an incumbent. That is not the unintended effect of these laws, that is the intended effect. We have super pacs that are speaking on the sidelines and you have politicians who play games. They speak since they cannot speak directly under the law they will say who will rid me of this trouble some clerk. If a group is supporting you, you hope what they say bears some resemblance of what you believe but you cant talk to them so if they get it wrong, there is nothing you can do. A far better system would be to allow individuals unlimited contributions to ca
The war in ukraine. In csis. Were delighted to have you join us either watching here or online. The minister of france. Along with us teamed members of the impressive teams of France Foreign affairs. Thank you for being with used today. Ill turn to minister colonna. She is no stranger to the United States. A career diplomat. Her first posting was to the french embassey in embassy in the United States in the 1980s. She was a spokesperson for the presidency for the republic. Shes been ambassador to italy and san marino and ambassador to the united kingdom. Would be curious about your thoughts on brexit. She became minister of europe and foreign affairs. Minister colonna is an officer of the legion of honor, officer of the order of merit and commander of letters and ambassador of france in november, 2020. Thats not all. She has quite the resume. Its a very tremendous privilege to host her today as her visit to minister to the United States. Its been quite a year. Last fall the partnership
Were delighted to have you join us either watching here or online. The minister of france. Along with us teamed members of the impressive teams of France Foreign affairs. Thank you for being with used today. Ill turn to minister colonna. She is no stranger to the United States. A career diplomat. Her first posting was to the french embassey in embassy in the United States in the 1980s. She was a spokesperson for the presidency for the republic. Shes been ambassador to italy and san marino and ambassador to the united kingdom. Would be curious about your thoughts on brexit. She became minister of europe and foreign affairs. Minister colonna is an officer of the legion of honor, officer of the order of merit and commander of letters and ambassador of france in november, 2020. Thats not all. She has quite the resume. Its a very tremendous privilege to host her today as her visit to minister to the United States. Its been quite a year. Last fall the partnership hit the lowest point since t
Tuesday in parliament. Hello there, and welcome to tuesday in parliament. On this programme, a former pm questions the governments choice of new National Security adviser amid accusations its a political appointment. Why then is the new National Security adviser a political appointee with no Proven Expertise in National Security . Calls for the government to do more to address inequalities facing minority communities in the police and Justice System. Over the last 12 months, over 12,000 stop and searches were conducted on black people in comparison to 5000 on white people. And the boss of the premier league criticises liverpool fans who took to the streets to celebrate their team topping the table. It was wrong. In the end, we are not in control of individuals actions, and it is possible to celebrate with social distancing. But first, the Prime Ministers decision to appoint the chief negotiator in the brexit talks, david frost, as the new National Security adviser came underfire in bot