The French government has announced an increase in the number of police officers and soldiers for New Year’s celebrations due to fears of potential terrorist attacks, reports Reuters. According to the Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, approximately 90,000 police officers will be deployed throughout France for New Year’s celebrations, including 6,000 in Paris. Additionally, 5,000 soldiers from the “Sentinelle” unit, created to counter terrorist threats, will be deployed. “I have called for an extremely high turnout of police and security forces given the context of the very high terror…