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Do not fill this in! === National === ==== Government ==== President Hollande issued a statement asking the French people to remain strong in the face of the attacks.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/11/13/paris-attacks-president-francois-hollande-sot-tsr.bfmtv/video/playlists/paris-shootings/|title=President Hollande: France will overcome the terrorists|date=13 November 2015|publisher=CNN|access-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114104352/http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/11/13/paris-attacks-president-francois-hollande-sot-tsr.bfmtv/video/playlists/paris-shootings/|archive-date=14 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Sharma>{{cite news|last1=Sharma|first1=Swati|title='It is horror': French President Hollande's remarks after Paris attacks|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/11/13/it-is-horror-french-president-hollandes-remarks-after-paris-attacks/?tid=pm_world_pop_b|access-date=14 November 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=13 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114055525/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/11/13/it-is-horror-french-president-hollandes-remarks-after-paris-attacks/?tid=pm_world_pop_b|archive-date=14 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> He also visited the Bataclan theatre and vowed to "mercilessly" fight against terrorism.<ref name="Haaretz story" /> Hollande chaired an emergency meeting of the [[Government of France|French Cabinet]] that night and directed his national security council to meet the next morning.<ref name="Haaretz story" /> The authorities urged the residents of Paris to stay indoors for their own safety and declared a state of emergency.<ref name=GuardNov15 /><ref name="National Post 2015-1">{{cite web|title='It's a horror': Hollande orders French borders closed after Paris terror attack leaves at least 149 dead|website=National Post|date=13 November 2015|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/shootout-at-paris-restaurant-leaves-several-dead-police|access-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20151114043628/http://news.nationalpost.com/news/shootout-at-paris-restaurant-leaves-several-dead-police|archive-date=14 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=[[Le Figaro]]|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualites/2015/11/13/01001-20151113LIVWWW00406-fusillade-paris-explosions-stade-de-france.php|title=Attaques terroristes à Paris : une centaine de morts, l'état d'urgence décrété|date=13 November 2015 |quote=La Mairie de Paris appelle les habitants de la capitale à rester chez eux|access-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114040639/http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualites/2015/11/13/01001-20151113LIVWWW00406-fusillade-paris-explosions-stade-de-france.php|archive-date=14 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Hollande cancelled his trip to the [[2015 G-20 Antalya summit]] because of the attacks, instead sending Foreign Minister [[Laurent Fabius]] and Finance Minister [[Michel Sapin]] as his representatives.<ref name="G20 trip">{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/hollande-cancels-trip-turkey-g20-attacks-presidency-003825521.html;_ylt=AwrC1Ci8g0ZW52kAs2DQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--|title=Hollande cancels trip to Turkey for G20 after attacks: presidency|publisher=Yahoo! News|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=13 November 2015|access-date=13 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114185503/http://news.yahoo.com/hollande-cancels-trip-turkey-g20-attacks-presidency-003825521.html%3B_ylt%3DAwrC1Ci8g0ZW52kAs2DQtDMD%3B_ylu%3DX3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--|archive-date=14 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> On 14 November, Hollande announced three [[national day of mourning|days of national mourning]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europe1.fr/politique/attentats-hollande-decrete-le-deuil-national-pendant-trois-jours-2620373|title=Attentats: Hollande décrète "trois jours de deuil national"|date=14 November 2015 |publisher=Europe 1|access-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115065524/http://www.europe1.fr/politique/attentats-hollande-decrete-le-deuil-national-pendant-trois-jours-2620373|archive-date=15 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> On 16 November, Hollande convened a special [[Congress of the French Parliament]] to address the attack and lay out legislative and diplomatic plans he wanted to take in response to them. These proposals included an extension of the state of emergency for three months, changes to the [[Constitution of France|French constitution]], one of which would have enabled France to protect itself from [[dual citizen]]s who might pose a risk, and an increase in military attacks against ISIL.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34849724 |title=Paris attacks: Hollande upstages opposition |publisher=BBC |date=17 November 2015}}</ref> On 4 December 2015, the French government published a guide in form of a cartoon on how to survive a terrorist attack. The guide is to be posted in public places and be available online.<ref>{{cite news|title=France publishes guide on how to survive a terrorist attack |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/france-publishes-guide-on-how-to-survive-a-terrorist-attack/article27598417/ |website=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=4 December 2015 |access-date=4 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208191825/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/france-publishes-guide-on-how-to-survive-a-terrorist-attack/article27598417/ |archive-date=8 December 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Love|first1=Brian|last2=Callus|first2=Andrew|title=France issues guide to surviving terrorist attack|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-shooting-advisory-idUSKBN0TN1LY20151204 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=4 December 2015 |access-date=4 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151205025940/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-shooting-advisory-idUSKBN0TN1LY20151204 |archive-date=5 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2016, the French government published the report of a commission of inquiry, presided over by [[Georges Fenech]], into possible security failings relating to the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris. The report recommended the establishment of a single "national anti-terrorism agency".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20160705-french-inquiry-recommends-intelligence-overhaul-after-paris-attacks |title=French inquiry calls for intelligence overhaul after Paris attacks |publisher=France 24 |date=5 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/14/rap-enq/r3922-t2.asp |title= French Parliamentary commission's report |author= Assemblée Nationale |date=5 July 2016 |publisher= Assemblée National|access-date= 23 July 2019}}</ref> In August 2016, minister of the interior Bernard Cazeneuve stated that about 20 radicalised mosques and more than 80 hate preachers had been expelled from France since 2012.<ref name="figaro1aug2016">{{cite news|title=Une vingtaine de mosquées fermées depuis décembre, annonce Cazeneuve|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2016/08/01/01016-20160801ARTFIG00129-une-vingtaine-de-mosquees-fermees-depuis-decembre-annonce-cazeneuve.php|access-date=16 March 2017|work=Le Figaro|date=1 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317143031/http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2016/08/01/01016-20160801ARTFIG00129-une-vingtaine-de-mosquees-fermees-depuis-decembre-annonce-cazeneuve.php|archive-date=17 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> ==== Military ==== On 15 November, the [[French Air Force]] launched the biggest airstrike of [[Opération Chammal]], its bombing campaign against ISIL, sending 10 aircraft to drop 20 bombs on [[Raqqa]], the city where ISIL is based.<ref name="Airstrikes against ISIS, Police Raids">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/15/paris-attacks-car-found-with-kalashnikovs-as-gunmans-relatives-questioned|title=Paris attacks: French police launch raids as military strikes Isis in Syria|work=The Guardian|date=16 November 2015|access-date=16 November 2015 |last=Henley |first=Jon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115223117/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/15/paris-attacks-car-found-with-kalashnikovs-as-gunmans-relatives-questioned|archive-date=15 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> On 16 November, the French Air Force carried out more airstrikes on ISIL targets in Raqqa, including a command centre and a training camp.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/16/middleeast/france-raqqa-airstrikes-on-isis/|title=French jets bomb ISIS stronghold of Raqqa|publisher=CNN|date=16 November 2015|access-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119221911/http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/16/middleeast/france-raqqa-airstrikes-on-isis/|archive-date=19 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> On 18 November 2015, French aircraft carrier ''[[Charles de Gaulle (aircraft carrier)|Charles de Gaulle]]'' left its home port of [[Toulon]] heading towards the eastern [[Mediterranean]] to support bombing operations carried out by the [[Military intervention against ISIL|international coalition]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient/video/2015/11/18/le-porte-avions-charles-de-gaulle-a-appareille-en-direction-de-la-mediterranee-orientale_4812714_3218.html |title=Le porte-avions " Charles-de-Gaulle " a appareillé en direction de la Méditerranée orientale |trans-title=Aircraft Carrier "Charles de Gaulle" Heading Towards Eastern Mediterranean |newspaper=Le Monde.fr |date=18 November 2015 |access-date=23 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118220542/http://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient/video/2015/11/18/le-porte-avions-charles-de-gaulle-a-appareille-en-direction-de-la-mediterranee-orientale_4812714_3218.html |archive-date=18 November 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> This decision was taken before the November attacks but was accelerated by the events. French authorities regularly gave detailed information to US authorities on the whereabouts of high-ranking IS members in the Syria-Iraq zone to be tracked and killed. This cooperation led to American air strikes being able to kill the planners of the 13 November 2015 attacks. United States authorities cooperated as they consider that if terrorist attacks hadn't taken place in France, they would have done so in the US instead.<ref name="france1"/> ==== Public ==== Applications to join the [[French Army]], which were around 100–150 per day in 2014, rose to 1,500 in the week following the attacks, higher than the rise to 400 after the ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting in January.<ref name=FrenchPatriotism/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Floc'h|first1=Benoît|title=Au centre de recrutement des armées :" Ce coup-là, c'est bon, je m'engage "|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/attaques-a-paris/article/2015/11/19/au-centre-de-recrutement-des-armees-ce-coup-la-c-est-bon-je-m-engage_4813846_4809495.html|access-date=20 November 2015|work=[[Le Monde]]|date=20 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120060154/http://www.lemonde.fr/attaques-a-paris/article/2015/11/19/au-centre-de-recrutement-des-armees-ce-coup-la-c-est-bon-je-m-engage_4813846_4809495.html|archive-date=20 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> ==== Domestic politics ==== All major political parties, including Hollande's governing [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]], [[Marine Le Pen]]'s [[National Front (France)|National Front]], and [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]'s [[The Republicans (France)|Republicans]] temporarily suspended their election campaigns for the [[2015 French regional elections|upcoming French regional elections]].<ref name="Regional election campaigning suspended">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/14/paris-terror-attacks-fn-far-right-le-pen-front-national|title=Front National has chance to take centre stage after Paris attacks|work=The Guardian|date=14 November 2015|access-date=16 November 2015|last=Willsher|first=Kim|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115231706/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/14/paris-terror-attacks-fn-far-right-le-pen-front-national|archive-date=15 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> There was a nationwide minute of silence at noon which President Hollande and several ministers observed at a ceremony at the Paris Sorbonne University.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/attaques-a-paris/video/2015/11/16/minute-de-silence-a-la-sorbonne-en-presence-du-president-hollande_4811066_4809495.html|title=Minute de silence à la Sorbonne en présence du président Hollande|work=Le Monde.fr|access-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117041420/http://www.lemonde.fr/attaques-a-paris/video/2015/11/16/minute-de-silence-a-la-sorbonne-en-presence-du-president-hollande_4811066_4809495.html|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> On 18 November, Hollande reaffirmed France's commitment to accept 30,000 Syrian refugees over the next two years.<ref>{{cite news|last=Potter|first=Mitch|date=18 November 2015|title=Hollande promises France will remain a country of freedom|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/11/18/hollande-promises-france-will-remain-a-country-of-freedom.html|newspaper=Toronto Star|location=Toronto, Canada|access-date=20 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119140851/http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/11/18/hollande-promises-france-will-remain-a-country-of-freedom.html|archive-date=19 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> This was despite the doubts that the terror attack had sown in people's minds. His announcement drew a standing ovation from a gathering of French mayors.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/11/18/france-says-it-will-take-30000-syrian-refugees-while-u-s-republicans-would-turn-them-away/|title=France says it will take 30,000 Syrian refugees, while U.S. Republicans would turn them away|author=Ishaan Tharoor|date=18 November 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=19 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119163315/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/11/18/france-says-it-will-take-30000-syrian-refugees-while-u-s-republicans-would-turn-them-away/|archive-date=19 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> However, in the election campaign for the regional elections of France, to begin on 6 December 2015, Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right Front National party who was vying to be president of the Nord-Pas de Calais area, was recommending hardline security measures. She was getting a great deal of media attention with her strong anti-immigrant stance and may have been helping to sway public opinion across France. "The influx of migrants must be stopped," Le Pen told the CBC in an interview.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-le-pen-canada-refugees-1.3340209 |title=France's National Front leader calls Canada's refugee plan 'madness' |first=Lisa |last=Mayer |date=27 November 2015 |website=CBC News |publisher=CBC/Radio Canada |access-date=1 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201000235/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-le-pen-canada-refugees-1.3340209 |archive-date=1 December 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Le Pen was doing well in opinion polls as of early December 2015. Since the elections would start only weeks after the Paris attacks, she was thought to be getting dividends from the timing, when the fear of terrorism was still very strong.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vivdon-White |first=Maya |date=26 November 2015 |title=France's far-right party surges on immigration, terror fears |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/26/frances-far-right-party-surges-on-immigration-terr/ |newspaper=Washington Times |location=Washington, DC, USA |access-date=1 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130203930/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/26/frances-far-right-party-surges-on-immigration-terr/ |archive-date=30 November 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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