The ban applied to official and administrative usage as well as everyday life. French expressions of courtesy such as "Bonjour", "Merci", "Monsieur", "Madame", etc. were included: people greeting each other had to say "Heil Hitler".[4] Autumn 1940. The political parties and independent labour unions, the Parliament and the Conseil d'Etat were dissolved.[2] All civil society organisations and the press were subjected to Nazi control.