Hollande rejects opposition calls to harden terror laws

July 27, 2016 01:14

French President Francois Hollande today rejected opposition calls to further harden anti-terrorism legislation after the country's second jihadist

attack in two weeks.

"Restricting our freedoms will not make the fight against terrorism more effective," he said, adding that changes made to legislation already gave authorities sufficient "capacity to act".

He was speaking after two jihadists attacked a church in a Normandy town, killing an elderly Catholic priest by slitting his throat, and severely injuring another person.

Hollande's predecessor and opposition chief Nicolas Sarkozy earlier called for the government to "thoroughly change ... the strategy of our counterattack."

"Our enemy has no taboos, no limits, no morals, no borders," he said, asking the government to adopt proposals made by his right-wing Republicans party.

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