French govt DROPS controversial bill curbing filming of police in major u-turn, new version to be written

The speaker of French President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling party has said the government is dropping part of a controversial bill curbing the right to film on-duty police – which drew huge public anger – and will re-draft it.

Christophe Castaner, president of La RΓ©publique en Marche in the National Assembly, told the press on Monday that the government recognized β€œmisunderstandings” around Article 24 of the Global Security bill.  

Castaner said that Article 24, which prohibits the filming of on-duty police officers,  of the law on comprehensive security would be removed and rewritten for future submission. 

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