France today has called on its citizens to join the Armed Forces reserves, to back up
the police and army. There are curently 28 000 reservists and they wish to move
to 40 000 by 2018.
Vigipirate is the plan, with both a public and a confidential aspect, which serves
against terrorism: 'vigilance et protection des installations contre les risques d'attentats
à l'explosif'. This plan is built on the curent legal framework; it essentially tells
everyone how to act in moments of terrorist attack.
Opération Sentinelle deploys the French army on the territory, and is at the
discretion of the President. There are curently 13 000 deployed, with some 6 500
in the Paris region; all are in uniform.
source: le Nouvel Observateur
Wikipedia in French
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