MOSCOW (Sputnik) — France has been on high alert after gun and bomb attacks in Paris last November. It was due to expire on July 26.
"A bill seeking to prolong the state of emergency by three more months will be presented to the council of ministers…next Tuesday so that the parliament can examine this text next Wednesday and Thursday," Manuel Valls said.
On Thursday evening, a heavy truck hit a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day in southern France, killing 80 revellers and wounding dozens more. President Francois Hollande said it was of a "terrorist nature."
