Did the French military call for President Macron to step down? No, that's not true. There is no evidence the military has issued an ultimatum calling on the President, who is also the Chief of the Armed Forces of France, to vacate his office, in what would amount to a coup d'etat in a leading European nation.
The claim appeared in a video (archived here) where it was published on Tiktok on July 2nd, with a caption reading:
The French Military gives Macron 48 hours to step down, otherwise will be forced to leave power.
This is what the post looked like on TikTok at the time of writing:
(Source: TikTok screenshot taken on Mon Jul 3 16:59:50 2023 UTC)
The French Military has issued no statement calling President Macron to step down. A search for the phrase "French military calls on Macron to step down" using Google News' English and French ("Forces armées françaises Macron resignation") index of thousands of credible news sites did not reveal a single reliable report claiming the French military has given Macron 48 hours to leave power.
