reported that French President, Francois Hollande, said that a new law will be adopted allowing authorities to strip the citizenship from French-born terrorists. As the Paris attacks against innocent civilians still sadden the world, French President Francois Hollande said that his government will adopt stricter antiterrorist laws. According to CNN, in a rare speech to a joint session of parliament, French President Francois Hollande urged lawmakers on Monday to approve a three-month extension of the nation's state of emergency, and adopt new laws that would not allow French born terrorists to retain their citizenship. More anti-terrorist laws would be adopted to allow the authorities to easily deport suspected terrorists. Still, the establishment of those laws will need constitutional amendments, Reuters reported. Hollande, also announced that the country's national paramilitary police force will hire 5,000 more officers and despite the calls by the European Commission to reduce its public deficit, France would not propose cuts in the nation's defence spending until at least 2019. What remains unknown now, is whether the French government will decide to proceed in spending cuts at other sectors of the French economy, such as social welfare. Hollande told lawmakers, that even though "France is at war," the new policies will not at the expense of his country's freedom. Even before the brutal attacks, there were reports that the French government, wanted to boost anti-terrorist laws by allowing French military to shoot down terrorists in the French streets. France will also seek temporary suspension of the Schengen agreement Telegraph also reported that France will ask from other EU Member States, to ignore the Schengen agreement and start border identity checks. British daily cited a source who said that France will raise its demand this Friday, at an emergency meeting of EU interior ministers in Brussels. "The French are going to push hard for everyone else to institute border controls, particularly Belgium, but across the wider euro area. To all intents and purposes it will be a temporary suspension of Schengen," the source said. France wants more identity checks both for travelers entering the EU but also for travelers moving within the EU. Telegraph reported that France will also demand the immediate implementation of the Passenger Name Records (PNR) system for planes, trains, and ships. French officials also said the British Daily, that the EU country France also wants greater use of the Schengen Information System (SIS) which cross references border identity checks with a vast database of known criminals. Bernard Cazeneuve, the French interior minister, said on Sunday, said that "systematic and coordinated checks on borders inside the European Union" were now essential for the fight against terrorism. "Because terrorists cross Europe's external borders and internal borders, we want the proposals that are made and the measures taken by France as those put in place by other European countries ... to be enacted quickly," he added.
