By 15:30 local time, 153,827 people had left their signatures on the Valeurs actuelles website.

In April, the authors of the letter appealed to the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, with an appeal to defend the country.

According to the military, the republic is threatened with disintegration, since the Islamists establish their own rules in different parts of the country, in which a racial war has actually begun.

The French Ministry of Defense then criticized the appeal of the military.

In a new letter, the active military personnel anonymously supported their senior comrades and condemned the reaction of the authorities to their appeal.