Since the start of the five-year term, five ultra-right terrorist attacks have been foiled by the DGSI and the gendarmerie, according to information from
Figaro
.
In 2017 and 2018, some members of networks such as the Barjols, Action des forces operational (AFO) or the OAS were arrested, while they were preparing several attacks.
Asked by CNews on October 4, Laurent Nuñez, national intelligence coordinator at the Élysée Palace, warned about “the supremacist threat” in France,
“these people who imagine that there is going to be a“ big night ”, that 'you have to arm yourself to defend yourself'
.
A threat mentioned in the bill on separatism, which mainly targets radical Islam.
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Several thousand people followed by the intelligence services
Questioned by
Le Figaro
, several police sources familiar with the matter assure that around 1 to 2 thousand members of the ultra-right are today followed by intelligence teams, including several hundred supremacist activists.
In 2016, Patrick Calvar (former director of
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