A match under high tension. This Thursday, France will face Israel for the Champions League at the Stade de France. After the anti-Semitic attacks in Amsterdam, the government decided to set up an unprecedented security system with around 4,000 police officers and gendarmes for this meeting.
Guest of the Great Europe 1-CNews interview, Sylvain Maillard, MP for Paris and president of the Renaissance group in the capital, insists on the fact that the surroundings of the stadium will be perfectly secure. “And so I obviously invite the French to come en masse to support the French team,” he explains to Sonia Mabrouk.
“The period is extremely difficult”
According to the Parisian MP, the stadium must be full during this meeting. “What symbol if the stadium is filled with 15,000 or 20,000 people?” asks Sylvain Maillard. “It will be a terrible symbol. That is to say that basically, the images that we were able to experience in the Netherlands have won. In other words, a part of the French population is afraid and no longer wants go to places where there is celebration. These are extremely strong symbols. So no, you have to go there,” he immediately responds firmly.
Such a security system with nearly 4,000 law enforcement officers sends a strong symbol to the country, according to the MP. “The period is extremely difficult, but we are capable of responding to it. When, a few months ago, we had the Olympic Games, there were police officers everywhere in Paris. What does that mean as a symbol? The symbol that we want peace” he delivers serenely on the microphone of Europe 1 and CNews.
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