French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he will lift a state of emergency in the country this coming fall, AFP reported.
The state of emergency has been in effect in France since the jihadist attacks in Paris in November 2015 that killed 130 people.
"I will re-establish the freedoms of the French people by lifting the state of emergency this autumn, because these freedoms are the precondition of the existence of a strong democracy," Macron said in an address to both houses of parliament.
Macron last month set out a tough new anti-terrorism law designed to allow the lifting of the state of emergency, which has been extended five times.
The current provision expires in mid-July, when Macron's new centrist government is expected to extend it again until November 1 while the new law is prepared.
The new anti-terror law would give French authorities greater powers to act to protect an event or location thought to be at risk from attack, without first seeking permission from the courts, according to AFP.
The draft law would also allow places of worship thought to be promoting extremism to be shut down for up to six months.
France has been targeted by several attacks since the November 2015 attacks.
In late April, a terrorist murdered a police officer in an attack at the Champs Elysees in the French capital. The attack was later claimed by the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group.
That same month, French security services arrested two men accused of plotting an attack.