November 2015 Paris attacks

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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>