French officers face sanctions after 'civil war' warning

Paris (AFP) April 28, 2021

Eighteen French soldiers, including a few officers, who signed an open letter warning about the risk of "civil war" in France will face sanctions before a military council, the armed forces chief of staff said Wednesday. "Each one (will go) before a senior military council, " General Francois Lecointre told Le Parisian newspaper, and could be "delisted" or "put into immediate retirement".