French MPs vote through post-attacks constitution changes

French lawmakers vote Wednesday in favor of a controversial package of measures to change the constitution following the November 13, 2015 terror attacks on Paris.

The amendment, including a hotly contested measure to strip convicted terrorists of their French nationality, is passed by the National Assembly with 317 votes for to 199 against, clearing a first hurdle towards adoption.

The package must now gain the support of the Senate, or upper house of parliament, and then three-fifths of the Congress, the body formed when both houses of France’s parliament come together to debate revisions to the constitution.

AFP

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