but in the end it was president francois hollande's controversial policy which caused french justice minister to step down. >> translation: i'm leaving the government because of major policy disagreement. i chose to be loyal to myself, to my commitments, to my struggles, to my relationships with other loyal to ourselves. >> reporter: her disagreement is over a proposal that if passed it would see french people who are convicted of simple terrorism offences stripped of their citizenship. >> translation: i've been a minister of justice in her place i would have resigned too. we don't do the opposite of which we fought all those years. >> reporter: the proposal was put forward shortly after the paris attacks on november 13 that killed 130 people. since that night, france has been under a state of emergency. it has also left to bear increasingly at odds with francois hollande's security