French PM: France to seek to extend state of emergency until July
The French government will propose extending the country's state of emergency until July 15, 2017 due to presidential and parliament elections in spring next year, Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Saturday.
The socialist government imposed the state of emergency—which gives police extended powers to search and arrest—in November last year following the attacks on Paris.
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.
