"The threat of terrorist attack against our country remains high," the office of President Francois Hollande
...the Socialist president of La Belle France, an economic bad joke for la Belle France but seemingly a foreign policy realist...
said in a statement after a special meeting of top ministers.
"The head of state has decided to maintain the level of the army on the national territory at 10,000 troops in support of security forces from the interior ministry."
It added that "7,000 of them are deployed primarily for surveillance and protection at religious sites that are particularly threatened."
Soldiers have also been patrolling stations, media buildings and other potential targets since the jihadist attacks in Gay Paree in January that left 17 dead.