PARIS - A dozen people with links to a French far-right group go on trial on Tuesday, accused of plotting to assassinate President Emmanuel Macron and commit a string of other attacks.
None of the plots allegedly prepared by the 11 men and two women aged between 26 and 66 ever came to anything, which caused prosecutors to downgrade some of the initial charges over the course of their four-year investigation. In 2018, France’s domestic intelligence services received a tip-off saying that a far-right militant based in the French Alps region, Jean-Pierre Bouyer, was planning to attack Mr Macron during a World War I peace treaty centenary commemoration in November of that year.
Searching Bouyer’s car, they found a commando-style fighting knife and an army vest. In his home, they discovered firearms and ammunition. “He admits that there were such discussions, but they never went any further,” his lawyer Olivia Ronen told AFP.
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