Hollande: France Is Committed to Destroy IS

• 11.17.2015, 09:30
•  Europe,  Near East,  World

President Francois Hollande declared that France was committed to "destroying" the so-called Islamic State group after Friday's deadly attacks, BBC reports.

He said he is going to introduce a  bill to extend the state of emergency declared after the attacks for three months and would suggest changes to the constitution.

France is also going to intensify military campaign against IS in Iraq and Syria.

Speaking during a joint session of both houses of parliament, Hollande also underlined the necessity of  constitution  amendments.

On the occasion he noted: "we need an appropriate tool we can use without having to resort to the state of emergency".

Other measures he said would be pursued included:

• 5,000 extra police posts in the next two years and no new cuts in the defence budget
• Making it easier to strip dual nationals of their French citizenship if they are convicted of a terrorist offence, as long as this did not render them stateless
• Speeding up the deportation of foreigners who pose "a particularly grave threat to the security of the nation"
• Pushing for greater European action against arms trafficking and greater penalties for it in France