"The macabre imagination" of the instigators of Islamic terrorism "has no limits", and "today we cannot exclude anything": there may also be "the risk of chemical and biological weapons". This was stated by French premier Manuel Valls speaking before the National Assembly, which today votes on the bill to strengthen the state of emergency decreed by President François Hollande on Friday evening, after the massacre in Paris.
"We are a great democracy, we are dismantling terrorist groups ready for action", continued Valls, underlining that the country is ready to use new security measures, "which is our first freedom. We must fight against radicalisation” continued the Premier, adding that the threat of foreign fighters remains current: “An archive of passengers on planes is urgently needed and we must be able to deny citizenship to people with dual nationality”.
