法国间谍法惹争议

The French parliament is debating a bill that would grant the country's spies more power to track phones and emails inside the country.

France's ruling Socialists are pushing forward the proposal, which would allow the country's intelligence agencies to tap phones and emails without seeking permission from a judge.

"Intelligence services need to have the human, judicial and technical means in order to accomplish necessary and appropriate surveillance operations," said French Prime Minister Manuel Valls.

Under the proposed law, French surveillance staff will be able to bug suspects' flats with microphones and cameras.

They can also add so-called "keyloggers" to those suspects' computers to track every keystroke.

The French government has already set aside 450-million US dollars to recruit thousands of extra police, spies and investigators.

However, web hosting companies and civil liberties advocates are already raising concerns.

A number of web-hosting companies are already threatening to relocate outside France.