State of Emergency: 3 month extension and seizure – Le Figaro

The draft law extending the state of emergency to be submitted tonight at the National Assembly, provides for a three-month extension of this special diet and signs the return of administrative searches.

“Article 1 the bill extends the state of emergency for a period of three months to give the administrative authority the means to face this imminent danger, “explains the text. “The administrative searches (…) will again be permitted during this period of three months,” the statement said. Another key point in the draft, the capture and exploitation of computer data, a provision which had been censured by the Constitutional Council in February. Members of the institution of the rue Montpensier had estimated that the legislature did not provide “legal guarantees” that ensure a balance between “the right to respect for private life” and “preservation of public order.” To avoid censorship, the government has provided safeguards with recourse to the courts.

This time, Article 2 states that “the data and media stored seized under the responsibility the head of the body which conducted the search. As of the entry, is no access prior judicial authorization. ” The bill also provides that if a search can reveal the existence of any other place frequented by the person, a resale right will perform a search immediately, incidentally, in that other place. Gathered in political office last night, Republicans asked for a six-month extension of the state of emergency. Proposal that open government and the majority. The State Council, the highest French administrative court ruled in an opinion issued Monday that the extension of the emergency state desired by the government was “justified”. “Even in the circumstances resulting from the attack in Nice, the Council of State (…) reminded that renewals of the state of emergency can not succeed indefinitely and that the state of emergency must remain temporary “, stressed however the judges of the State Council.

Enacted by the head of state after the attacks in Paris and Saint-Denis (130 dead), the state of emergency already been extended by Parliament in November, February and May. The last extension was two months against three above, to ensure the security of the Euro and the Tour de France, which ends Sunday.