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In November 2024, the government announced a clampdown on "rogue" employers hiring workers from overseas.

The clampdown on the media is central to that trajectory, as the government has progressively crushed criticism or debate.

Some analysts are worried a drop in the stock market could trigger a further clampdown in spending, especially among higher income households.

In Munich, as he spoke about free speech, he cited cases involving conservatives and Christians in Western countries but avoided any mention of Russia's harsh clampdowns on expression.

Yet xenophobes continued to use the specter of other languages crowding out English to urge immigration clampdowns.