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Hollande: We are at war against Jihadi terrorism

16 November 2015 16:05 GMT

French President Francois Hollande is addressing Congress (Congrès du Parlement) and stated that he will reconvene on Wednesday to discuss extending the state of emergency for the next three months.

Hollande stated that governments need to give more support to those who are fighting the Islamic State group, and that he will meet with US and Russian presidents Obama and Putin respectively to "unite our forces and reach a result".

Echoing comments from both the Turkish and US presidents on Monday, Hollande underlined that Syrian president Bashar al-Assad cannot be part of a political solution to Syria's conflict.

Hollande also said their in a need to modify the country's constitution in order to "fight terrorism" and suggested that 5,000 jobs could be created in police and gendarmerie, 2,500 in the ministry of justice and 1,000 in customs. 

"We want to reorganise the army," he said. "It will be reorganized to focus more on cyber defense and investigations."