If a landlord in France turns down a potential tenant because of his skin color or ethnicity, he can receive a 45,000 euro fine and three years in prison. This is the result of the anti-discrimination agency known as HALDE (High Authority for the Fight against Discrimination) created in 2005 by the French government (at the behest of the EU institutions in Brussels), and advocated by then Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy.The Eyes of HALDE
From the desk of Tiberge on Fri, 2009-03-06 10:50
Saturday 7 March 2009
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