France is ‘at war’ against terrorism, says Hollande

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>French president Francois Hollande said today that France is &&num;8220&semi;at war&&num;8221&semi; against terrorism&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking in a televised address&comma; the president said he wants a &&num;8220&semi;large coalition&&num;8221&semi; working together against so-called &&num;8216&semi;Islamic State&&num;8217&semi; militants to destroy a group that threatens the whole world and &&num;8220&semi;commits massacres&&num;8221&semi; in the Middle East&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle has left to help French military operations in Syria against &&num;8216&semi;IS&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Hollande said France will not &&num;8220&semi;cede to fear&&num;8221&semi; and urged his<br &sol;>&NewLine;compatriot to go back out to cafes and museums and live life to its fullest&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said &&num;8220&semi;what would our country be without its cafes&comma; concerts&comma; sport events&comma; museums&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Hollande was speaking to mayors from around the country after the nation&&num;8217&semi;s deadliest violence in decades last week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The French leader said &&num;8220&semi;life must resume in full&&num;8221&semi;&comma; and promised extra security to ensure that museums can reopen and &&num;8220&semi;our tourists can be welcomed&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Hollande said any places where people are &&num;8220&semi;glorifying&&num;8221&semi; terrorism will be shut down&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A bill to extend France&&num;8217&semi;s state of emergency for three months includes a measure that enables authorities to close &&num;8220&semi;any association or gathering&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8211&semi; which notably includes mosques and community groups &&num;8211&semi; that would encourage people to carry out terrorist acts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Bill is to be debated by both houses of parliament on Thursday and Friday and is expected to be voted on by the end of the week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>French authorities have sent out a bulletin to police across Europe asking them to watch out for a Citroen Xsara car that could be carrying Salah Abdeslam&comma; the fugitive wanted in the Paris attacks&comma; a Spanish security official said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Spain&&num;8217&semi;s El Espanol digital publication first reported the bulletin on Wednesday&comma; publishing a document with the car&&num;8217&semi;s description and naming Abdeslam&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was sent by Spanish authorities to border control police in the north-eastern Catalonia region next to France&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The security official confirmed the document was authentic but said the bulletin was sent to authorities across Europe and not only to Spain&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e1b0694bbbb">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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