The column published by retired soldiers on
Valeurs Actuelles
last week, denouncing the "
disintegration
" of France and saying they are ready to "
support the policies
" that will work against, continues to divide. Asked this Wednesday on France Inter on this subject, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin expressed his wish not to "
give importance
" to this publication which does not appear to him "
neither democratic nor republican and which is the opposite of any (his) political commitment
”. He also said “
a little sorry for these retired officers
”. "
The greatness of the French army is not to be politicized.
All those who wanted to politicize the army did not have very good democratic feelings
”, he attacked.
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The Minister of the Interior was also questioned about the support of Marine Le Pen, the president of the National Rally, who said she shared the “
affliction
” and the “
observation
” of these former soldiers.
"
Marine Le Pen has kept her father's taste for the noise of boots, and it is very worrying,
" he tackled, considering that she was positioning herself, with this support "
in a great family tradition
" of far right.
"I hope she doesn't fantasize about
pronunciamentos
"
The Minister of the Interior - who recalled that the Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly had called for sanctions against the signatories of this text - recalled that "
some of them were part of the service of order of the National Front
”.
"
I hope that she (Marine Le Pen) does not fantasize about pronunciamientos (military coups d'etat), which should worry us a lot
," he added.
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In their forum, the former soldiers said they were "
ready to support policies which will take into consideration the safeguard of the nation
". "
If nothing is done, laxity will continue to spread (...), ultimately causing an explosion and the intervention of our active comrades in a perilous mission to protect our civilizational values
", they promise in this text published 60 years to the day after the putsch of the generals of Algiers.