The stripping of French citizenship is not new

“Sir, James Blitz is spot on when he describes France’s new law on terrorists and nationality as “an ill-judged waste of political capital, something [François] Hollande can hardly afford” (February 12). It is worth noting the exact context in which Emmanuel Macron, the economy minister, said that he “felt philosophically uncomfortable” with them — it was a debate at the Fondation France Israel”, Francis Ghilès, senior research fellow at CIDOB.