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Paris, Feb 8 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Christophe Petit-Tesson) The French National Assembly on Monday debated the bill that "reinforces respect for republican principles" with which the French Government intends to fight the spread of Islamic radicalism in the country.FOOTAGE OF THE DEBATE.
"This constitutional revision will make this tragedy irreversible for the weakest members of society," says Marie-Lys Pellissier, spokesperson for the "March for Life", at an anti-abortion rights demonstration of about fifty activists near Port-Royal as the Senate prepared to vote on enshrining abortion in the Constitution. IMAGES
Opponents of a French bill on asylum and immigration gather by the Constitutional Council as they await its imminent ruling on the text adopted in December under pressure from the right. IMAGES
Firefighters extinguish a garbage fire in front of the Musée Grévin in Paris as clashes broke out in the capital after the rejection of two no-confidence motions in parliament. The rejections of the motions means that the reform to raise the pensions age from 62 to 64 has now been adopted by the legislature. IMAGES
The International Olympic Committee has "full confidence in the French security authorities" ahead of the Paris Olympics, president Thomas Bach says following the IOC's Executive Board meeting. The statement from Bach plays down any security fears in the wake of crowd control issues at the Stade de France in May's Champions League football final. It also comes a day after violence broke out in the Europa Conference League game between Nice and Cologne. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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