France plans to change constitution to extend state of emergency: govt sources

By AFP/ Yahoo News, 3 December 2015
Government sources said the legal framework to extend special powers beyond the current three-month limit on a state of emergency will be put to ministers on December 23 Several parcel bomb alerts occured and for security reasons the city center has been closed to road traffic during the whole period of Strasbourg's Christmas market, following the November 13 Paris terror attacks. (photo credit: AFP)
Government sources said the legal framework to extend special powers beyond the current three-month limit on a state of emergency will be put to ministers on December 23 Several parcel bomb alerts occured and for security reasons the city center has been closed to road traffic during the whole period of Strasbourg's Christmas market, following the November 13 Paris terror attacks. (photo credit: AFP)
<p>France plans to change the constitution to allow it to extend a state of emergency "to a maximum of six months", government sources said Thursday.&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.4px;">They said the legal framework to extend special powers beyond the current three-month limit, set out by President Francois Hollande after last month's attacks on Paris, will be put to ministers on December 23.&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 20.4px;">But some criticism has emerged of the stringent security measures.&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 20.4px;">Lawyers and supporters of activists who have been placed under house arrest to prevent them from protesting during the UN climate talks taking place outside Paris have accused the government of abusing the powers.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p>
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