France’s Justice Minister, Christiane Taubira, has resigned, according to a statement from the office of President Francois Hollande on Wednesday.
Her resignation came ahead of a parliamentary debate on plans to empower the government to strip convicted terrorists of their French nationality, which Taubira had expressed reservations over.
She will be replaced as minister by Jean-Jacques Urvoas, president of the parliamentary laws commission.
The statement from Hollande’s office said that Taubira had submitted her resignation Wednesday, and the president had accepted it.
“They have agreed together of the need to end her function in the government, as the debate begins in parliament on the constitutional amendment today,” it said.
Urvoas, it continued, would support the constitutional amendment, alongside Prime Minister Manuel Valls.
