The National Assembly voted special powers for the Mollet government to act in Algeria. The measure enabled emergency policies and facilitated the transfer of broad policing authority to the military. Presented as restoring order, it intensified the colonial state’s capacity for detention, searches, and coercion. Legislative authorisation did not make torture or disappearance lawful or erase the unequal colonial context.
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What did the French Assembly approve on 12 March 1956?
The special-powers vote expanded French state authority in Algeria.
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Explanation
The measure enabled exceptional action and strengthened military control.