Macron says will lift of state of emergency 'this autumn'

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AFP Versailles (France)
Last Updated : Jul 03 2017 | 7:57 PM IST
French President Emmanuel Macron said today he will "this autumn" lift a state of emergency in effect since the jihadist attacks in Paris in November 2015 that killed 130 people.
"I will re-establish the freedoms of the French people by lifting the state of emergency this autumn, because these freedoms are the precondition of the existence of a strong democracy," Macron said in an address to both houses of parliament.

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First Published: Jul 03 2017 | 7:57 PM IST

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