Investment in Alabama antithetical to French values |
Every bit as cynical and hypocritical as German investment in Alabama—because of Alabama’s penchant for putting people to death, including by savagely torturing them with nitrogen gas—is France’s investment in Alabama; just as I wrote about recently in the case of Germany, France is also a leader in the fight for the global abolition of the death penalty; and so just as antithetical as it is to German values for German companies to invest so heavily in Alabama, it is equally antithetical to French values for French companies to pour so much money into Alabama, too.
On its website, the Consulate General of France in Atlanta observes: “France will host the 9th World Congress Against the Death Penalty from 30 June to 2 July 2026 in Paris. The Congress Against the Death Penalty, held every three years by the NGO Ensemble Contre la Peine de Mort (ECPM), is a major event in the global abolitionist movement. It brings together governments, parliament members, civil society members and citizens committed to a common goal.”
Announcing this meeting of death penalty abolitionists, France’s Consulate General asserts that “Since 1981, the year in which France abolished the death penalty, France has resolutely worked to achieve universal abolition of the death penalty, which goes against human dignity. The death penalty is not simply a criminal justice policy instrument, but a violation of human rights. In international bodies, France is carrying out determined action to further its abolition.”
Perhaps. But just as anti-death penalty Germans should be discussing and implementing ways to regulate, reduce, maybe even completely cut off the massive investment by giant and powerful German companies in Alabama—until Alabama stops barbarically torturing human beings to death—French diplomats, politicians, judges, lawyers, human rights advocates, and other French citizens of conscience should be doing the exact same thing; The French should be discussing and implementing ways to regulate, reduce, and again, as drastic as it sounds—and is—even completely end the massive investment by wealthy and powerful French companies in Alabama until Alabama stops torturing humans to death.........