A well-informed source told AFP that France’s National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office has demanded that 12 people “supporting far-right assumptions” be transferred to a minor offenses court on suspicion of “preparing a plan of violent action.” action” against French President Emmanuel Macron in November 2018.

He explained that the National Prosecutor’s Office wants to try these 11 men and women, aged 22 to 62, who communicated through a group called “Bargol” on charges of creating a terrorist gang. The examining magistrate must now make the final decision whether to transfer the case to a court either in a criminal court (specializing in investigating crimes) or in a misdemeanor court.

The judicial investigation was launched shortly after the arrest of several far-right supporters on November 6, 2018. As a result of the investigation, 14 individuals were subsequently charged with forming a criminal terrorist group, a charge that is being considered by the criminal court.

After an investigation that lasted almost four years, the judiciary requested that the prosecution of two of these individuals be discontinued. He demanded that the remaining 12 defendants be charged with forming a criminal terrorist gang, which will be considered by the court for minor offenses. The prosecutor’s office accuses them of holding rallies, searching for equipment, training and establishing contacts in order to prepare a “project of violent actions” against the president of the country.