The association, made up of 650 of the attacks' victims and their families, organized also a gathering outside Paris city hall where dozens of colored balloons are launched to represent all the victims.

A year after Paris attacks, France's worst terror assault, investigation showed that the series of shootings and bombings were organized from Syria, prepared in Belgium and executed in Paris with internal complicity.

However, questions about the mastermind remains without answer after the attacks' only survivor Salah Abdeslam, now in solitary confinement in a Paris jail, refused to testify on the attacks.

After November assaults, claimed by the Islamic State group (IS), the French president declared a state of emergency which remains in place following Nice carnage and priest killing.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said in an interview with BBC on Sunday that the state of emergency would "undoubtedly be extended by a few months" to ensure the security of the presidential election.

"It is difficult today to put an end to the state of emergency. Especially since we are going to engage in a presidential campaign in a few weeks with meetings and public reunions. So we must protect our democracy," he said.

In an opinion column published in several European newspapers, the premier warned that France is facing "heavy and constant (terror attack) threat."

"Terrorism will still strike us. But, we have all the means to resist and all the strength to overcome," he said.

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