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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

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