François Hollande has said France’s airstrikes against Islamic State
in Syria will be intensified after the terror attacks that killed 129
people in Paris on Friday, with the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle
set to leave for the eastern Mediterranean, tripling the country’s air
capacity in the region.
Addressing both houses of parliament at the Palace of Versailles on Monday, the French president said the country was engaged in “a war against jihadi terrorism”. The sponsors of the carnage in the capital “must know that their crimes further strengthen the determination of France to fight them and to destroy them”, he said.
“More strikes are needed, and we will carry them out,” Hollande added. “More support for all fighting against Isis is needed, and France will provide it. But we need a union of all who can fight this terrorist army in a single coalition.”
Hollande said he would be meeting Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin in the coming weeks to discuss more effective pooling of France’s resources with those of the US and Russia.
Announcing an extension of France’s national state of emergency to three months, Hollande also called for constitutional reforms to allow the state to better counter the new terrorist menace.
Addressing both houses of parliament at the Palace of Versailles on Monday, the French president said the country was engaged in “a war against jihadi terrorism”. The sponsors of the carnage in the capital “must know that their crimes further strengthen the determination of France to fight them and to destroy them”, he said.
“More strikes are needed, and we will carry them out,” Hollande added. “More support for all fighting against Isis is needed, and France will provide it. But we need a union of all who can fight this terrorist army in a single coalition.”
Hollande said he would be meeting Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin in the coming weeks to discuss more effective pooling of France’s resources with those of the US and Russia.
Announcing an extension of France’s national state of emergency to three months, Hollande also called for constitutional reforms to allow the state to better counter the new terrorist menace.
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