The French president called for the "loss of nationality" measure to be written into the constitution in the aftermath of the Nov 13 attacks in Paris which left 130 people dead.

French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira quit on Wednesday to protest a government measure that would strip convicted French-born terrorists of their citizenship if they have a second nationality, a media report said today.

Taubira, a popular figure among the governing Socialists of President Francois Hollande but a target of criticism for the right-wing Republicans, tweeted: "Sometimes to resist means staying, sometimes resisting means leaving," reported Dawn News.

The French president called for the "loss of nationality" measure to be written into the constitution in the aftermath of the Nov 13 attacks in Paris which left 130 people dead.

The move is part of a string of measures meant to boost security as hundreds of French citizens ─ many holding dual nationality ─ leave to fight alongside the militant Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria, and in the case of the attackers, return to wreak devastation in France, added the report.

"Removing French nationality from those who blindly kill other French in the name of an ideology of terror is a strong symbolic act against those who have excluded themselves from the national community," Prime Minister Manuel Valls said after the measure was announced.

However the proposal has been deeply divisive, and put Taubira at loggerheads with her own government.

Taubira had earlier announced the citizenship measure would be dropped because it was "discriminatory", only to be overruled at the last minute by Hollande.

The reforms also aim to inscribe the right to declare a state of emergency into the constitution, including powers to raid homes and place people under house arrest without judicial oversight.(Agencies)