Foreign Affairs
French Parliament Votes To Extend State Of Emergency Until November
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The French parliament voted Thursday to extend the country’s “state of emergency” until Nov, 1, 2017, allowing heightened security measures to continue in highly-populated areas.
Former French President Francois Hollande first called for a state of emergency in 2015, following the terrorist attacks by Islamic extremists who killed 130 people in Paris.
“Freedom and security are not mutually exclusive,” French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb told parliament. “When you strengthen security, you don’t take away civil liberties, you preserve them, and sometimes you enhance them.”
French President Emmanuel Macron created a security law that allows police to close mosques, search property without warrant and enforce house arrests. Human rights organizations see such laws as both indicative of Islamophobia and a threat to civil liberties. (RELATED: Macron Wants To ‘Radically’ Change France’s Parliament)
“Since the start of the year we’ve stopped seven plots that could have caused many deaths,” Collomb said.
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