constitution

constitution

France scraps plan to strip jihadists of French nationality

France will not strip terrorists of their French passports and deport them after President François Hollande backed down on his attempt to make changes to the French constitution amid fierce opposition.

constitution

Emergency powers 'helped foil a terror attack': French PM

France's lawmakers began debating constitutional changes on Friday allowing for dual nationals to lose their French citizenship in terrorism cases and enshrining in the text controversial measures put in place after the November attacks in Paris.

constitution

France sticks to plan to strip terrorists' passports

UPDATED: After appearing to have ditched the move the French government made a last minute decision to push through a plan to strip dual nationals of the French citizenship if they are convicted of terror offences.

nationality

Terrorism: France 'to scrap plan to strip citizenships'

The French president appears to have backtracked on a flagship plan to strip dual nationals convicted of terrorism of their French citizenship even if they are born in France- a move announced in the aftermath of the November terror attacks.

Taxes

Hollande's 75 percent tax 'illegal' - court

France's top constitutional body on Saturday struck down a 75-percent upper income tax rate, dealing a major blow to Socialist President François Hollande, who had made it his centrepiece tax measure.