Guest of BFM Politique this Sunday on BFMTV, Laurent Nuñez, Paris police prefect, wanted to send a message of firmness in the run-up to the League of Nations match between France and Israel, scheduled for Thursday November 14 in a context tense.
“We will not tolerate any excess.” Exceptional guest of BFM Politique, the Sunday political meeting on BFMTV, Laurent Nuñez, Paris police prefect, sent a message of firmness four days before the “high risk” match between the French football team and Israel. A meeting which will be played on Thursday November 14 at the Stade de France in a very particular security context, even more so after the violence that occurred on the sidelines of the Europa League match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel-Aviv, with Israeli supporters targeted in Amsterdam.
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“I want to reassure those who listen to us and at the same time display a message of firmness. We will have means which will allow us to be extremely reactive to prevent any disturbance of public order, either during the match, in the surroundings of the match or on the path of the spectators”, declared Laurent Nuñez on the set of BFMTV. While voices were raised to demand the cancellation of the match, or its organization elsewhere than at the Stade de France, the police prefect once again assumed the choice of keeping it in Saint-Denis.
“We are capable of securing the Stade de France”
“We discussed this subject as soon as Bruno Retailleau was appointed Minister of the Interior. We discussed the possibility of playing this match at the Parc des Princes. It would have been possible but traditionally Les Bleus matches are played at the Stade de France. There was no objective reason to choose the Park. We are able to secure the Stade de France, which hosted the Olympics. We drew the conclusions from what happened for the Champions League final. from May 2022 (Liverpool-Real)”, developed Laurent Nuñez. To date, however, only 20,000 tickets have been sold for this France-Israel, which suggests a particularly low attendance.
“This match must be played under normal conditions, without gauges. The FFF noted that the enthusiasm was clearly not there. So the organizer froze a certain number of places, which were not put on sale. It happens for other matches, like France-Japan in rugby (…) There is no failure. This match arouses less enthusiasm than others. “, underlined the police chief. The Palestinian flag will also be banned in the stadium. “There can only be French or Israeli flags, and messages of support for the teams. In the stadiums there cannot be any messages of a political nature.”
