European Union (EU) authorities rightly rejected the so-called "6+5" rule as discriminatory, effectively scuppering the plan.Since then, FIFA has backed away from quota systems based explicitly on nationality, but it continues to push for more representation of national players.
Stripping convicted prisoners of their nationality is a threat that has been made by the far-right Front National party, and the opposition rightwing UMP party, but has been used in only eight cases since 1973.
The discussions on the tape centre on a debate about French players with dual nationality who were trained in France but who left to play for other national teams.
"Daesh leaders are working at setting up a state and do not deny the existence of terrorist volunteers from European countries who may or may not have dual nationality … it goes beyond what we experienced before with al-Qaida," he said.
Earlier this week, Valls said the removal of a person's nationality "is a legitimate question that arises regarding the consequences to which a person exposes themselves when they decide to attack the nation to which they belong because they were born there or have been accepted there".
We have been handed a hard lesson on how terrorism does not care for nationality, citizenship, religion or the colour of one's skin.
"We should vote for a party and their ideas, not a person and their nationality," says Giuseppe Porcaro, secretary general of the European Youth Forum.
(The answer is probably to do with a combination of her sex, nationality, platform, and so on, rather than just her actions).
And yet I resisted, refusing stubbornly to take citizenship in Australia because, at the time, Italy wouldn't allow dual nationality.
The London mayor has dual nationality because he was born in New York – but has now revealed that he wants to hand back his American passport.
We are doing so because we know the pain of being discriminated against because of skin colour, language or nationality.
