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France extends state of emergency to cover elections

The French parliament on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to extend for the fifth time a national state of emergency until July 15, AFP reported.

The security measures, which give police extra powers of search and arrest, have been in force since the Paris terror attacks in November 2015 and will continue until after the upcoming presidential primaries and elections in 2017.

Ahead of the National Assembly vote, Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux said France faced “an extremely high” risk of a terror attack. He added that authorities had foiled “no fewer than 13 attacks, involving about 30 individuals,” since the measures were last extended in the wake of the Bastille Day attack in Nice.

“The intense electoral period we are entering increases the risk of further terrorist acts,” Le Roux said.

France’s Senate is expected to approve the move on Thursday. Assuming the measures are passed, the country will have the longest uninterrupted state of emergency since the 1960s Algerian War.


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