My answer on Quora.
The key issue is religious extremism which has the potential to really destabilize the Fifth Republic if it continues to pick up momentum. We have already seen such violence in the action of Islamists at Charlie Hebdo (January 2015), the Thayls Train attack, the Stade de France and Bataclan Theatre attacks, the Nice Truck mass killing, the Carcassonne and Trèbes attack. Within the last year France witnessed the killing of the teacher Samuel Platy and the Nice stabbing.
Attacks on Jews by religious extremists have also been common place. What the Sarah Halimi case and current protests mean for French Jewry.
Government responses have been very weak. The Generals are sounding the warning before the situation deteriorates further causing more violence. This is not just a French problem but is endemic to much of Western Europe.
A civil war is the last outcome that France needs.
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