French soldiers accuse government of trying to ‘silence’ warnings of civil war

Second letter from military staff says threat of punishment quite perverse' and repeats: Civil war is brewing in France'

Serving members of the French military have fired a second salvo at Emmanuel Macron's government in an open letter accusing it of cowardice, deceit, perversion", just weeks after a first letter warned the country was heading for civil war".

Like the first letter, it appears in the rightwing magazine Valeurs Actuelles. It was reportedly signed anonymously by active military personnel" and is appended with a petition on the magazine's website for others to sign.