Wednesday, April 20, 2016

France plans to extend state of emergency to cover Euro 2016

France plans to extend the state of emergency put in place after the attacks on Paris in November 2015 for a further two months.

Prime Minister Manuel Valls said it would ensure security at the Euro 2016 soccer tournament.

"Faced with an event this big ... which must take place in conditions of security and which at the same time should be a celebration.... we have to ensure security," he said on France Info radio.

He said the state of emergency "cannot be permanent but on the occasion of these big events... we have decided to prolong".

The current state of emergency giving extra powers to police and security forces runs until 26 May.

The month-long Euro 2016 soccer tournament hosted by France starts on 10 June...
  [rte.ie]
 20/4/16
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