President Hollande called on lawmakers at a rare joint sitting of both houses of parliament to adopt the bill prolonging the state of emergency by the end of the week

VERSAILLES, France (AFP) 17 Nov 2015: French President Francois Hollande said parliament would this week begin examining a bill extending the state of emergency by three months.
“I decided to ask parliament starting Wednesday to examine a bill prolonging the state of emergency for three months,” he told a rare joint sitting of both houses of parliament, calling on lawmakers to “adopt it by the end of the week”.
He also called for the French constitution to be amended to “allow the authorities to act… against war-level terrorism”.