A conservative French magazine announced yesterday that French soldiers are still in service and asked it to publish a message criticizing the "disintegration" of their country, two weeks after it published a similar letter signed by military personnel, including senior officers on the verge of retirement, who are currently facing the risk of being punished for what they have done.
"This is a new article from in-service soldiers this time, they thought of us because we published," said Geoffrey Logone, managing editor of the weekly Valeurs Actuelles.
He added that these soldiers requested that their names be kept confidential.
However, he said that the new article has not yet met all the conditions imposed by the magazine to be published on its pages, explaining that he is waiting before everything to see the final version of the article, which is still being drafted.
He added that he is also looking for a way to simultaneously verify the number of signatories to the article, and ensure that their identities are not revealed.
Patriotism and hatred
On April 21, the magazine published a message that caused shock in the country and was signed by nearly 20 generals, a hundred high-ranking officers, and more than a thousand other soldiers, in which the signatories appealed to President Emmanuel Macron to defend "patriotism", expressing their readiness "" to support the policies that take place in Mind preserving the nation. "
In the first message, the military launched a ferocious attack on the "disintegration" that, in their opinion, strikes their homeland, and is manifested "through a kind of anti-racism, with one goal of creating a state of distress and even hatred between groups."
In their mission, the military launched a fierce attack on the "disintegration" that "strikes" their homeland, and is manifested "through something of anti-racism, with one goal of creating a state of distress and even hatred between groups," warning that "disintegration would lead, with Islamism and the suburban legions, to separation." Many parts of the nation are to be transformed into lands subject to beliefs that are inconsistent with our constitution. "
Two days after publishing the letter, Valor Actuel dedicated its pages to a letter from Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the National Rally, the largest opposition party, inviting these military men to join her in what she called the "battle for France".
The article by the military sparked a storm of conflicting reactions among the political class, as some saw it as a semi-public call for rebellion, while others saw it as a healthy spontaneous movement.
Prime Minister Jean Castex denounced the message by the military, saying that it “contradicts all our republican principles” and accused Le Pen's party of trying to “gain politically” from this message, and demanded that the Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, punish the signatories of the letter, whether they are retired or still in service.