Foreign Minister quits

• French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said he was leaving the government ahead of a reshuffle President Francois Hollande is set to announce in coming days to reshape his team ahead of the 2017 presidential elections
• Hollande’s ex-PM Jean-Marc Ayrault or former partner Environment Minister Segolene Royal are tipped as possible replacements for Fabius

French lawmakers voted  in favour of measures to change the constitution following the November 13 jihadist attacks on Paris, but doubts remain as to whether the package will be fully adopted.

The amendment, including a hotly contested measure to strip convicted terrorists of their French nationality, was passed by the National Assembly with 317 votes for to 199 against, clearing a first hurdle towards adoption.

The package must now gain the support of the Senate, or upper house of parliament, and then three-fifths of the Congress, the body formed when both houses of France’s parliament come together to debate revisions to the constitution. PM Manuel Valls said he was satisfied with the result.