France's Macron to keep anti-terror powers

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>France's Macron ‘to end state of emergency’, but keep its anti-terror powers

>President Emmanuel Macron’s government wants to end a 14-month 'state of emergency' in France, but at the same time integrate several of its exceptional anti-terrorism powers into common law, alarming judges and civil liberty groups.

>WARRANT-LESS PROPERTY SEARCHES AND HOUSE ARRESTS, two controversial measures currently used by French security officials under special state of emergency powers, could become ordinary policing practices under a new bill being sponsored by the country’s new government.

>The new bill would also NORMALISE BANNING PROTEST MARCHES, shutting down places of worship suspected of sharing extremist views, forcing people under house arrest to give police access to their electronic devices and using electronic tagging for purposes of surveillance.

>POLICE COULD IMPLEMENT THESE MEASURES WITHOUT OVERSIGHT OF A JUDGE, with authority transferred to the police prefecture and the interior ministry.

http://www.france24.com/en/20170609-france-state-emergency-macron-police-powers-civil-liberties-terrorism

Police state?