The actor said privacy laws protecting children from paparazzi were a key factor in the family’s decision
  • TachyonTele@piefed.socialEnglish
    72·
    10 个月前

    “Here, they don’t take photos of kids. There aren’t any paparazzi hidden at the school gates. That’s number one for us,” he said.

    I can’t blame the guy one bit. Those leeches are scum.

  • Zacryon@feddit.orgEnglish
    395·
    10 个月前

    Lucky for them to be prominent and not coming from south of the mediterranean sea. Otherwise they would have drowned and nobody would care.

  • mjr@infosec.pubEnglish
    11·
    10 个月前

    Any idea how they qualified? Is there some special law for the rich?

    • Successful_Try543@feddit.orgEnglish
      26·
      10 个月前

      According to the article, they mostly seem to live in France (for several years now?) and his wife is fluent in French. He is also learning the language. Usually, these two aspects are important criteria for granting citizenship.

      • mjr@infosec.pubEnglish
        16·
        10 个月前

        Article says only that they bought the home in 2021 and that “the family travels frequently”, which sounds like both not long enough residency and too many absences for a normal person’s citizenship. Also it says he is still poor at the language after many lessons.

    • Zwuzelmaus@feddit.orgEnglish
      17·
      10 个月前

      some special law for the rich?

      I assume that there are even special lawyers for the rich :-)

      But of course it is also legally possible for normal people to become French.

        • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
          5·
          10 个月前

          I assume normal people have to learn the language and the laws and the history and probably take some tests.

          Do rich people get to skip all that? (Because they will pay more taxes and spend more to contribute to the economy?)

          • SeductiveTortoise@piefed.socialEnglish
            2·
            10 个月前

            Your guess is as good as mine. But I understand that you don’t want to have citizens that can’t provide for themselves, so riches at least help. And being a beloved actor might help as well.

      • mjr@infosec.pubEnglish
        5·
        10 个月前

        But of course it is also legally possible for normal people to become French

        Of course, but George Clooney doesn’t obviously meet the 5-year residence length or B1 language level requirements shown on the government page for French naturalization by decree | Service Public. And from Thursday, he would have needed to pass a history and culture exam too.

        All credit to him if he did it fair and square, without special exceptions.