How the November 13 Paris attacks increased police powers and eroded civil liberties

In the wake of the November 13, 2015 Paris terror attacks, the French government declared a nationwide state of emergency that gave the authorities sweeping powers to fight terrorism – at the expense of some civil liberties. Ten years later, some of these exceptional legal powers have now passed into everyday law and even greater surveillance measures have been introduced.

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