November 2015 Paris attacks Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === In France === In response to the attacks, France was put under an [[States of emergency in France|''état d'urgence'' (state of emergency)]] for the first time since [[2005 French riots|the 2005 riots]],<ref name="NYT act of war" /> borders were temporarily closed, and 1,500 soldiers were called in to help the police maintain order in Paris.<ref name="AFP summary" /><ref name="National Post 2015-1" /><ref name="Washington Post live updates">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews-live/liveblog/live-updates-attacks-in-paris/?tid=sm_tw#f641a482-34ca-4352-a8c8-3ae4d95539ab?tid=ss_tw|title=Live updates: Attacks in Paris|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=13 November 2015|access-date=13 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114030454/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews-live/liveblog/live-updates-attacks-in-paris/?tid=sm_tw#f641a482-34ca-4352-a8c8-3ae4d95539ab?tid=ss_tw|archive-date=14 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''[[Orsan plan|plan blanc]]'' (Île de France) and ''[[French red plan|plan rouge]]'' (global), two [[contingency plan]]s for times of emergency, were immediately activated.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paris déploie son ' plan multi-attentats '|url=http://ici.radio-canada.ca/breve/34449/paris-deploie-son-etlaquo-plan-multi-attentats-etr |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Radio Canada|access-date=13 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116011050/http://ici.radio-canada.ca/breve/34449/paris-deploie-son-etlaquo-plan-multi-attentats-etr|archive-date=16 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Attaques simultanées à Paris: La Préfecture demande aux gens de "rester chez eux"|url=http://www.20minutes.fr/societe/1730175-20151113-attaques-simultanees-paris-prefecture-demande-gens-rester-chez|website=20 Minutes|date=13 November 2015 |access-date=13 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116020023/http://www.20minutes.fr/societe/1730175-20151113-attaques-simultanees-paris-prefecture-demande-gens-rester-chez|archive-date=16 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Attaques à Paris : "Plan blanc" d'urgence et de crise à l'AP-HP|url=http://www.europe1.fr/faits-divers/attaques-a-paris-plan-blanc-durgence-et-de-crise-a-lap-hp-2620155|website=Europe 1|access-date=13 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116005055/http://www.europe1.fr/faits-divers/attaques-a-paris-plan-blanc-durgence-et-de-crise-a-lap-hp-2620155|archive-date=16 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Flights to and from [[Charles de Gaulle Airport]] and [[Orly Airport]] were mostly unaffected.<ref name="Nossiter 2015" /> [[American Airlines]] delayed flights to Paris until further notice.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/france-shooting-flights-usa-idUSL1N13901120151114|title=American Airlines delays Paris flights |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=13 November 2015|access-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115052825/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/14/france-shooting-flights-usa-idUSL1N13901120151114|archive-date=15 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Many [[Paris Métro]] stations in the 10th and 11th arrondissements were shut down because of the attacks.<ref name="National Post 2015-1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europe1.fr/faits-divers/attaques-a-paris-cinq-lignes-de-metro-coupees-2620161|title=Attaques à Paris : cinq lignes de métro coupées|author=A-J.C. avec AFP|work=europe1.fr|date=14 November 2015 |access-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116135643/http://www.europe1.fr/faits-divers/attaques-a-paris-cinq-lignes-de-metro-coupees-2620161|archive-date=16 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Uber]] suspended car hails in Paris after the attacks.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.techinsider.io/uber-suspended-in-paris-2015-11|title=Parisians Take to Twitter to Figure Out Transportation After Paris Attacks|author=Megan Willett|work=[[Tech Insider]]|date=13 November 2015|access-date=13 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116220056/http://www.techinsider.io/uber-suspended-in-paris-2015-11|archive-date=16 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> All state schools and universities in Paris remained closed the next day.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=[[Elysee]]|url=http://www.elysee.fr/communiques-de-presse/article/communique-a-l-issue-du-conseil-des-ministres/|title=Communiqué à l'issue du Conseil des ministres|quote=Les écoles, lycées et établissements scolaires et universitaires seront fermés ce samedi|date=14 November 2015|access-date=14 November 2015|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114003748/http://www.elysee.fr/communiques-de-presse/article/communique-a-l-issue-du-conseil-des-ministres|archive-date=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=ParisResponse>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/14/world/europe/paris-attacks-what-we-know-and-dont-know.html|title=Paris Attacks: What We Know and Don't Know|author=Victoria Shannon|newspaper=The New York Times|date=14 November 2015|access-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114165717/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/14/world/europe/paris-attacks-what-we-know-and-dont-know.html|archive-date=14 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Sports events in France for the weekend of 14–15 November were postponed or cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12040/10066354/sporting-events-in-paris-called-off-in-wake-of-terror-attacks|title=Sporting events in Paris called off in wake of terror attacks|publisher=Sky Sports|access-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117000957/http://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12040/10066354/sporting-events-in-paris-called-off-in-wake-of-terror-attacks|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isu.org/en/news-and-events/news/2015/11/grand-prix-fra-cancelled|title=ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Event in Bordeaux France cancelled|date=14 November 2015|publisher=International Skating Union|access-date=14 November 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116183355/http://isu.org/en/news-and-events/news/2015/11/grand-prix-fra-cancelled|archive-date=16 November 2015}}</ref> [[Disneyland Paris]], which had operated every day since opening in 1992, closed its parks as a mark of respect for those who died in the attacks.<ref name=ParisResponse /><ref>{{cite web|last=Keslassy|first=Elsa|title=Disneyland Paris Closed in the Wake of Terrorist Attack|website=Variety|date=14 November 2015|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/disneyland-paris-closed-in-the-wake-of-terrorist-attack-1201639996/|access-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116150532/https://variety.com/2015/film/news/disneyland-paris-closed-in-the-wake-of-terrorist-attack-1201639996/|archive-date=16 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Eiffel Tower]], a Paris landmark visited by 20,000 people a day, was closed for two days.<ref name=ParisResponse /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/11/16/eiffel-tower-reopens-lit-in-tricolor/75880664/|title=Eiffel Tower reopens, lit in blue, white, red|date=16 November 2015|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=6 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011192932/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/11/16/eiffel-tower-reopens-lit-in-tricolor/75880664/|archive-date=11 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Other venues that were to remain closed included shops and cinemas.<ref name=ParisResponse /> Protests were banned until 19 November,<ref name=ParisResponse /> while bands such as [[U2]], [[Foo Fighters]], [[Motörhead]], and [[Coldplay]] cancelled performances in Paris.<ref>{{cite news|title=Paris attacks: Gigs cancelled as bands pay respects|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34825865|access-date=15 November 2015|publisher=BBC News|date=15 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115153237/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34825865|archive-date=15 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The week after 20 November, Hollande was planning to travel to the US and Russia to discuss greater international co-operation against ISIL.<ref name=star20Nov>{{cite news|last1=Ritter|first1=Karl|last2=Cook|first2=Lorne|date=20 November 2015|title=Death toll rises to 130 following Paris attacks|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/11/20/third-body-found-at-scene-of-paris-attacks-police-raid.html|newspaper=Toronto Star|location=Toronto, Canada|access-date=21 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120174506/http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/11/20/third-body-found-at-scene-of-paris-attacks-police-raid.html|archive-date=20 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> ==== State of emergency ==== On 13 November, President Hollande declared the [[States of emergency in France|state of emergency]].<ref name="NYT act of war" /> On 20 November, the Senate in France agreed to extend the current state of emergency by three months; this measure gave police extra powers of detention and arrest intended to increase security, at the expense of some personal liberties.<ref name=star20Nov/> (For effects, see also: [[2016 Nice truck attack#Raids and house arrests under state of emergency]].) Public demonstrations of environmental activists during [[2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference|COP21]], held in Paris from 30 November to 12 December 2015, were prevented from happening under the state of emergency regulations, while others were allowed.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-11-19|title=COP21 climate marches in Paris not authorised following attacks|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/18/cop21-climate-marches-paris-attacks|access-date=2021-12-28|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-11-29|title=Peaceful Paris climate gathering descends into clashes with police|url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/29/peaceful-paris-climate-gathering-descends-into-clashes-with-police|access-date=2021-12-28|website=[[the Guardian]]|language=en}}</ref> A next time, the state of emergency was extended until the end of July 2016.<ref name=nrcMay>{{in lang|nl}} [https://archive.today/20160523132415/http://www.nrc.nl/handelsblad/2016/05/12/frankrijk-trekt-onvoldoende-lering-uit-de-aanslag-1617305 'Frankrijk trekt onvoldoende lering uit de aanslagen' ('France learns not enough from the attacks')]. [[NRC Handelsblad]], 12 May 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016. François Heisbourg is cited as saying: "The state of emergency has now been extended twice, the last time until end of July 2016".</ref> Further extensions followed after the [[2016 Nice truck attack|attack in Nice]] on 14 July 2016. 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. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page