US government sanctions convinced the family to move. The role of French privacy laws is fundamental
There has never been a good relationship between Donald Trump and George Clooney’s family. But since the American president returned to sit in the Oval Office, the actor has reiterated on several occasions that he would seriously consider leaving the United States. A hypothesis that is now closer to becoming reality. In recent days, George e Amal Clooney they obtained French citizenship, together with their children Ella e Alexander8 year old twins.
Trump’s sanctions against Amal Clooney
The reasons that pushed the Hollywood actor’s family to flee the US are quite clear: Trump’s threats to the magistrates of the International Criminal Court in The Hague who indicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes in relation to the Gaza war. In fact, Amal Clooney also collaborated in that procedure, note lawyer specializing in human rights. The woman – a 47-year-old originally from Beirut and a professor at Columbia University – was subjected to sanctions by the US government, which denied him access to the country last April.
Why France and not Italy
But why did the Clooney family opt for France and not Italy, a country to which they have always been very attached? The Oscar-winning actor himself suggests an answer, explaining at the beginning of December: «I love the French culture and the French language, even if I still speak it badly despite 400 days of lessons.” But the French laws seem to have played the most important role respect for privacy. «My wife and I attach great importance to the fact that in France you cannot photograph children, there are no paparazzi stationed at the entrances to schools. For us this is the most important thing”, explained Clooney again. Amal also speaks perfectly Frencha very widespread language in Lebanon.
Houses around the world
As for homes, since 2021 the Clooneys have owned a former farmhouse with an adjoining vineyard near Brignolesa village in Provence halfway between Marseille and Saint-Tropez. Still in Europe, they own a villa on the Lake Como and another villa in England, as well as an apartment in New York and a farm in Kentuckywhere George was born. “We move frequently, but our home in France is the place where we are happiest,” the actor further explained.
The facilitated process for citizenship
Furthermore, in the case of the Clooney family, the process of obtaining the citizenship it seems to have been much faster than what usually happens. Among the requirements generally required are: at least five years of continuous residence in France, a good command of the language and passing a knowledge exam of the history and values of the country. Some of these criteria seem to have been softened for the American actor’s family, who got away with it in a matter of months.
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