2005年，法国议会通过了一项法律条款，提到“法国应该在海外扮演一个主动的角色，尤其在北非地区”，但是一次强烈的抗议后移除。

As recently as 2005 the French parliament passed a law referring to the "positive role of the French presence overseas, notably in north Africa", a clause later removed after an outcry.

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尤其在中世纪晚期和近代早期，它是议会约束国王征税的重要依据。

In the late medieval period and early modern period, among others, it served as a weapon to curb Kings' levying taxes.

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