Le Pen on defensive over ‘revolt talks’ in France

Bloomberg

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen went into damage control mode on Tuesday, after lending support to a group of soldiers and retired generals who penned an open letter to President Emmanuel Macron warning of a risk of “civil war” and the looming disintegration of the country.
In an interview on FranceInfo on Tuesday, Le Pen denied the officers had effectively threatened a coup d’etat, before reeling off what she called a number of threats to the Republic, including rising crime in the suburbs.
“We ask you to apply the law, that’s what they are saying,” Le Pen said.
“Dear generals, join me in my fight for France,” Le Pen responded in a column in the same newspaper.