“At my request, the Prefect of Police, Laurent Nunez, is taking security measures,” said the Minister of the Interior in a tweet less than a week before this match.
It’s no. Bruno Retailleau opposes this Friday, November 8, the “relocation” of the Football match between the French team and that of Israel, scheduled for November 14 at the Stade de France, which is causing tensions against a backdrop of war in the Middle East. -East.
“I do not accept it: France is not backing down because that would amount to abdicating in the face of threats of violence and in the face of anti-Semitism. At my request, the Prefect of Police, Laurent Nunez, is taking security measures,” writes the Minister of the Interior on
RN Julien Odoul proposes relocation to Corsica
Member of the National Rally, Julien Odoul pleaded the opposite this Tuesday in a letter to the president of the French Football Federation, Philippe Diallo. Evoking a “proven risk of harm to public security”, the far-right elected official suggests relocating the meeting to Corsica.
If the island of beauty “offers optimal security conditions”, this “choice” would also have “historical and memorial symbolism”, he underlines. Indeed, Corsica is the only French department not to have deported Jews during the Occupation, with the exception of a single case.
LFI requests cancellation
For its part, La France insoumise requests the cancellation of this match counting for the League of Nations. Last week, MP Louis Boyard invoked “article 4 of the FIFA statutes which explains that universal human rights must be respected”. The Val-de-Marne parliamentarian argued that the International Federation had “sometimes applied sanctions to other countries”, such as Russia, Belarus or South Africa. “But on the other hand, when it comes to the policy of the Israeli government, we do absolutely nothing,” he regretted.
Manuel Bompard reiterated this position this Friday. The LFI coordinator calls for this match to be canceled “in view of the crimes committed by the Israeli army”, while more than 43,000 people have died in Gaza, according to the Hamas government’s Ministry of Health, since the start of the war. between the Islamist movement and Israel, triggered by the unprecedented attack of October 7, 2023.
“It seems to me that football, sport in general, must convey principles of respect for human rights,” he explained on CNews.
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