French President François Hollande has reluctantly agreed to allow dissidents to remain French citizens for the time being, amid protests from parliament and the public. Hollande had originally proposed a bill that would have revoked the citizenship for anybody he deems to be a ‘terrorist’ under the country’s strict new state of emergency laws which some have labelled as Orwellian. Cbc.ca reports: In a rare address to reporters following the weekly cabinet meeting, Hollande said Wednesday he had no choice. France’s two houses of parliament disagree on the bill and a compromise “seems out of reach,” he said. “I very much regret that attitude.” “Parts of the opposition have been hostile to a revision of the constitution,” he said. “I have decided to end this debate.” The plan’s withdrawal is a major embarrassment for the Socialist president, who had unveiled it in a solemn address to parliament at the grand palace of Versailles only three days after the attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead. Lawmakers gave him a standing ovation after that announcement in November. But after the shock of the attacks began to fade, many on the left of the ruling Socialist party criticised the measure. The proposal to [...]