Un match under close surveillance. “There will be 4,000 police officers and agents to secure the stadium,” confirmed Laurent Nuñez. Guest on the set of the show BFM Politics this Sunday, the Paris police prefect also confirmed that his services were working jointly “with the Israeli authorities” regarding the France-Israel UEFA Nations League match, scheduled for Thursday, November 14 at the Stade de France.
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After the violent outbursts of an anti-Semitic nature that occurred last Thursday in the Dutch capital against supporters of the Israeli football club Maccabi Tel-Aviv, on the sidelines of a match between their team and Ajax Amsterdam, France draws ” “teaching” necessary, confirms Laurent Nuñez.
“Security in the evening of France-Israel will be around the stadium, the immediate surroundings, public transport. The lesson of Amsterdam is that you have to be present everywhere,” he said, aware of the challenge that awaits him after the events of this week have both taken out the King of the Countries- Down his reserve and hastened the return of the Dutch Prime Minister from the summit of EU leaders in Budapest.
High risk
“We work with safety. It’s a high-risk match,” agreed the Paris police prefect. “We are committing a very substantial and unusual volume of personnel for this type of meeting,” he added. In fact, more than 4,000 members of the police will be mobilized for the meeting, both to “reassure” the spectators “and at the same time display a message of firmness”, explains Laurent Nuñez.
“We will not tolerate any excess,” he insisted, then detailing the process a little more. “We will have means that will allow us to be extremely reactive to prevent any disturbance of public order, either during the match, [aux] around the match or [lors du] spectators’ journey,” explains Laurent Nuñez.
“There will be double control, and a security perimeter around the anti-terrorist stadium,” he detailed. In addition to the police force, 1,600 security agents were hired by the FFF, he indicates, recalling according to him the average of “1,200-1,300 [agents mobilisés, NDLR] for sold-out Blues matches.”
Tensions before the match
Regarding the pro-Israel gala organized the day before the match by the “Israel is forever” association, Laurent Nuñez specifies that he “will not ban this event”, having “no reason to do so”, responding thus to the injunction of the France insoumise MP Thomas Portes on October 16, who asked the police prefect, from his X account, to prevent this demonstration from taking place on the grounds of the “genocide” in Gaza carried out by “the Israeli government » and the presence at the gala of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
“The comments of this minister were condemned by France and I finally understand that he will not be present,” underlines Mr. Nuñez. A demonstration against the event remains planned. On this subject, the Paris police chief wants to be reassuring and firm, indicating “to discuss with the organizers so that it is held in a place which does not pose problems of public order”. “But I won’t ban it either,” he concludes.
