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> EU has a very strong cultural union that was created by the enunciation of the French Revolution principles. It's not by accident that, for example, there is
by ptaipale 10y ago
> EU has a very strong cultural union that was created by the enunciation of the French Revolution principles. It's not by accident that, for example, there is no state in EU with death penalty.
This is a somewhat funny thing to say, considering how many people were given the death penalty in the French revolution and its aftermath. Executions for "crimes against liberty" and whatever are estimated to have been between 16,000 and 40,000. [0]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillotine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillotine