Football – Beauvau demands accountability, and it has been done. The banner displayed Wednesday evening during the Champions League match against Atlético Madrid is already having repercussions for Parisian supporters. Following a meeting held this Friday, November 8 between Paris Saint-Germain, the government and the French Football Federation, PSG promised that there will now be preventive controls on tifos.
This measure was adopted by the capital club to “ensure the absence of messages with political connotations” within the Parc des Princes. The previous day, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau had called on the club to “explain itself and ensure that politics does not tarnish sport, which must always remain a source of unity.”
“This tifo had no place in this stadium,” the minister also reacted on at the end of the calendar year.”
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This stand was the one where the controversial tifo brandished by the Collectif ultras Paris (CUP) on Wednesday evening bore the message “Free Palestine” surrounded by the club’s red and blue colors. The display also included a bloodied Palestinian flag, a Lebanese flag, tanks, and a person wearing a keffiyeh. Along with this message, another banner was unfurled, reading “War on the ground but peace in the world,” as shown below.
Other restrictive measures were also announced, although UEFA assured the day before that it would not take any action against PSG, declaring that “the banner displayed could not be considered provocative or insulting in this specific case. ”
Another measure revealed after this meeting was the ban on access to the Parc des Princes for the CUP outside match days, for an indefinite period. According to another source close to a club participant, the CUP “did not respect the regulations.” For this reason, PSG is expected to announce “further sanctions” in the near future.
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After the meeting, the entourage of Sports Minister Gil Avérous told AFP that a “frank and constructive dialogue made it possible to identify solutions that PSG is committed to implementing from the next match which will take place at the Parc des Princes,” which will take place on November 22 against Toulouse.
During this meeting, the FFF was represented by its Director of Institutional and International Relations, Erwan Le Prévost, while the PSG was represented by its Director General, Victoriano Melero. In addition to the minister, the Secretary of State for Citizenship and the Fight against Discrimination, Othman Nasrou, as well as the Paris police prefect, Laurent Nunez, were present.
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“If the club’s response is inadequate, it will be subject to interpretation (…). If there are no sanctions, the Ministry of the Interior will not be satisfied,” Othman Nasrou also commented, according to a participant, stressing that Beauvau would be “vigilant regarding the proper application of sanctions.” Paris therefore remains under surveillance.
