The French justice minister Christiane Taubira has resigned shortly before the proposal to strip terrorism suspects of citizenship went before parliament. She objected with the proposed antiterrorism measures and cited ‘major political disagreement’ with her government’s anti-terrorism proposals.
Read more at the BBC and The Guardian.
For an overview of anti-terrorism measures in the wake of the Paris attacks, read our previous news item, the comments of our country experts, and for detailed information on the present and past citizenship legislation in France, consult our country profile pages.