Words in the News come under close scrutiny être surveillé de près In the ongoing debate over lifting the ban on cannabis, one op-ed* writer argued in late 2015 that if the drug is legalised it should come under as close scrutiny as the alcohol and tobacco industries. * An opinion piece (opposite the editorial page) commodities marchandises, matières premières, produits agricoles Economists underline that China remained Africa's biggest trading partner in 2014, although its demand for commodities was slowing and the prices of many raw materials were falling. communalism communautarisme syn. identity separatism A columnist writing in a November 2015 issue of The Australian* expressed the opinion that the Left's celebration of diversity "nurtures communalism where there should be common values". * Australian national daily newspaper community policing police de proximité syn. neighbourhood policing The leaders of the city of Albuquerque* police force have stated publicly that they subscribe to community policing, yet figures reported in early 2015 show that it had one of the highest rates in the United States of fatal shootings by police. * The most populous city in the US state of New Mexico (557,000 inhabitants) compel obliger, contraindre Following the electoral victory of Syriza in January 2015, some economists warned of the economic repercussions that would spread throughout Europe if Greece were compelled to default on its debt payments. 30