France says plans emergency state extension due to elections

‘The French premier says his administration is seeking to prolong until mid-July next year a state of emergency declared across the European country after the deadly 2015 Paris attacks.
Bernard Cazeneuve made the announcement on Saturday, saying that the decision was taken due to next year’s presidential and legislative elections.
Initially imposed in November last year, the state of emergency has already been extended four times as the French government considers the risk of terror attacks to remain high.’
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