France seeks to extend state of emergency until July - PM Cazeneuve

Record ID: 76567

  • Title: France seeks to extend state of emergency until July - PM Cazeneuve
  • Date: 10th December 2016
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (DECEMBER 10, 2016) (AGENCY POOL) FRENCH EDUCATION MINISTER, NAJAT VALLAUD-BELKACEM, LEAVING CABINET MEETING HEALTH MINISTER, MARISOL TOURAINE, LEAVING CABINET MEETING ECOLOGY MINISTER, SEGOLENE ROYAL, LEAVING CABINET MEETING WITH HOUSING MINISTER, EMMANUELLE COSSE FRENCH PRESIDENT, FRANCOIS HOLLANDE, JUSTICE MINISTER, JEAN-JACQUES URVOAS, INTERIOR MINISTER, BRUNO LE ROUX, AND PRIME MINISTER, BERNARD CAZENEUVE, ON STEPS OF ELYSEE PALACE FRENCH AND EUROPEAN FLAGS (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH PRIME MINISTER, BERNARD CAZENEUVE, SAYING: "This latest extension, the fifth since the state of emergency was established on the evening of the attacks of November 13, 2015 in Paris and Saint-Denis is absolutely necessary to ensure the highest level of protection possible to our fellow citizens." FLAGS (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH PRIME MINISTER, BERNARD CAZENEUVE, SAYING: "Each of us should bear in mind the reality of the context that we're living in - a particularly high level of terrorist threat." FLAGS MINISTERS LEAVING, CAZENEUVE GETTING IN CAR
  • Embargoed: 25th December 2016 10:09
  • Keywords: France Cazeneuve emergency Europe attacks
  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • City: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVA0015CAULVR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The French government will propose extending the country's state of emergency until July 15, 2017 due to presidential and parliamentary elections in spring next year, Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Saturday (December 10).
    The Socialist government imposed the state of emergency - which gives police extended powers to search and arrest - in November last year following the attacks in Paris.
    "This latest extension, the fifth since the state of emergency was established on the evening of the attacks of November 13, 2015 in Paris and Saint-Denis is absolutely necessary to ensure the highest level of protection possible to our fellow citizens," Cazeneuve said as he left a special cabinet meeting to discuss the measure.
    "Each of us should bear in mind the reality of the context that we're living in - a particularly high level of terrorist threat," he said.
    The extension needs to be approved by the National Assembly, which will debate the proposal on Tuesday. The Senate will review it on Thursday.
    The state of emergency, which was set to end in mid-January, has already been extended four times as the government considers that the risk of armed attacks by Islamist militants remains high.
    France will hold presidential elections in April-May, followed by parliamentary elections in June.
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