EURACTIV.com with Reuters 19-01-2023 A suspected member (C) of French far-right group Les Barjols arrives with his lawyers at the courthouse in Paris, France, 17 January 2023.Thirteen people linked to the group stand trial in Paris over suspicions of plotting a putsch which prosecutors claim involved a plan to assassinate French President Emmanuel Macron during a public appearance in EPA-EFE/STR [Stringer/EPA/EFE] Print Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Telegram Members of a far-right French group have gone on trial over a plot to kill President Emmanuel Macron during a World War One memorial ceremony in 2018, planning terrorist attacks and for advocating the violent overthrow of the government.See what he has to add ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/OIK2QRx5Ch — FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) January 17, 2023 Acting on information obtained by wiretap, police in November 2018 arrested a then 62-year old and three accomplices and found a 15 cm ceramic blade in his car close to where Macron was set to give a speech.Court documents from prosecutors show that the man arrested with the blade and other members have been charged with possession of illegal arms, planning terrorist acts, planning attacks on members of parliament and on immigrants, as well as the plans to kill Macron.Some of the accused have also been charged with sharing “ultra rightist ideology advocating the overthrow of the government through the use of violence and weapons” and some were found to have Nazi imagery and bomb-making manuals on their computers."