French court jails mayor over sex tape blackmail plot
Saint-Etienne mayor Gael Perdriau was sentenced to four years in jail and banned five years from office for blackmail using a secretly filmed sex tape.
French politician proposes 'lottery' for compulsory military service for immigrants
Proposal to extend military service: voluntary for most, compulsory for criminals and a lottery-selected fraction of new legal immigrants to promote deterrence and assimilation.