Patrick Calvar has made some serious claims about the future of France (Picture: Getty)

France is ‘on the brink of civil war’ that could be started by a mass sex attack similar to assaults in Germany on New Year’s Eve.

The country’s head of intelligence Patrick Calvar issued the warning, explaining that another terrorist attack or sexual assault by migrants could be the trigger.

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Mr Calvar, chief of the Directorate General of Internal Security, said fragile relations within France could prompt a right-wing backlash.

He told French newspaper Le Figaro: ‘We are on the brink of civil war.


‘This confrontation I think it will take place.

There were chaotic scenes in Cologne as hundreds of women were attacked (Picture: EPA)

‘Even one or two attacks and it will happen. It therefore behooves us to anticipate and block all these groups.’



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A mob of migrants targeted hundreds of women in the German city of Cologne on New Year’s Eve, with many of the perpetators unidentified.