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Hollande: France has not finished with terrorism yet

Xinhua, January 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

French President Francois Hollande said in his New Year's Eve address on Thursday night that the country "has not finished with terrorism yet."

Speaking six weeks after deadly attacks in Paris which killed 130 people, the president told his country via radio and television that the threat of another attack "remains at its highest level."

"The threat is still there ... It remains in fact at its highest level, and we are regularly disrupting planned attacks," said the president.

Besides the Nov. 13 attack, the year of 2015 began with the January attacks against the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket.

"We just lived a terrible year," added Hollande, who expressed compassion and affection "to the victims of the terrorist attacks in January and November."

"These tragedies remain engraved in all our memories. They will never fade, "said Hollande.

"But despite the drama, France did not give in. Despite the tears, we stood up. Faced with hatred, the countrymen showed their strength of the French values."

"2015 has been a year of suffering and resistance, let's make from 2016 a year of courage and hope," he said. Endi