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French President Emmanuel Macron has reportedly assured the president of the European Court of Human Rights ECHR, that the proposed anti-terrorism legislation would respect the rule of law and freedom of speech in the country.
ECHR President Guido Raimondi met President of France Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée Palace in Paris Tuesday.
Macron told Guido Raimondi, the president of the Strasbourg-based court, that France wanted to lift the state of emergency, which he said was not effective enough.
“The president said the work to adapt our legislation to the challenge terrorism poses to our democratic society would be carried out in full compliance with the principles defended by the court,” Macron’s office said in a statement.
French magistrates and human rights groups have protested in recent weeks against Macron’s proposal to enshrine in ordinary law some measures currently in place under a state of emergency.
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