securite, egalite, franternite, france's response to terorrist threat
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2019-08-12
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en
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Terrorism is a global phenomenon, and one that has become increasingly present and more complex to respond, especially for democratic states. The strategy of terrorism has evolved in such a way that democracies struggle to find the balance between establishing security measures and maintaining their (beloved) liberties. In November 2015, France declared the state of emergency as a response to the terrorist attacks. This thesis aims to understand how the executive justified this extension of the state of emergency, despite a certain level of violation of the civil liberties. At the hand of politicization and securitization theory and on the basis of the review of the use of the measures allowed during the state of emergency, this paper provides an assessment of the narrative convincing the French Parliament to extend the state of emergency six times. It identifies that terrorist threat is a sufficient justification to violate certain civil liberties in exceptional times. The justification of the extension of state of emergency from the executive perspective relies also on the utility of the state of emergency to fight terrorism. The specific justification of the respect of civil liberties and the rule of law.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen