"I will propose that a number of small groups are wound up," Darmanin said. "There is a mobilisation within the extreme right that would have us tip into civil war."
The French government called for calm after the killing of a teenage boy at a village dance party this month was followed by violent demonstrations by the extreme right.
An estimated 3,300 people in France belong to far-right movements, of whom 1,300 are on a police watchlist, according to a recent parliamentary report.
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