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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)

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3 December 2015

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

French president Francois Hollande speaks in Paris, following a series of coordinated attacks in and around Paris late on 13 November 2015 (photo credit: Independent)

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30 November 2015

French government seeks to write state of emergency into constitution

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Voices From The Field

29 September 2015

France under mass-surveillance? The French Constitutional Council and the limits on the Intelligence Service’s powers

Striking a balance: from hate speech to glorification of terrorism - freedom of speech post-Charlie Hebdo

Voices From The Field

20 February 2015

Striking a balance: from hate speech to glorification of terrorism - freedom of speech post-Charlie Hebdo

Article 49.3 of the French constitution gives the government the power to by-pass the National Assembly when it doesn’t have majority support. (photo credit: Parti Socialiste)

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19 February 2015

Hollande risks vote of no confidence to trump majority in the economic reform debate

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Voices From The Field

14 January 2015

Liberté, égalité, fraternité - et sécurité? Balancing civil liberty and national security after the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attacks

Constitutional History of France

Legal Framework

Ordonnance no 58-1067 du 7 novembre 1958 modifiant la loi Organique sur le Conseil Constitutionnel Francais

by external source

Legal Framework

Loi Organique No 92-23 du 30 Mai 1992 modifiee par la Loi 99-71 du 17 Fevrier 1999 sur le Conseil Constitutionnel

by external source

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