French President Emmanuel Macron will attend the high-tension Nations League match between France and Israel, scheduled for Thursday November 14 (8:45 p.m.) at the Stade de France, the Élysée announced this Sunday.
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French President Emmanuel Macron during a press conference after an EU summit in Brussels, October 17, 2024. Illustrative photo. | LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron will attend the football match between France and Israel under high security on Thursday, the Élysée announcedAFP this Sunday, November 10, confirming information from RTL .
Nearly 4,000 police and gendarmes mobilized
According to the entourage of the President of the Republic, these include “to send a message of fraternity and solidarity after the intolerable anti-Semitic acts which followed the match in Amsterdam this week”.
During the night from Thursday to Friday, violence in Amsterdam between groups of individuals and supporters of Maccabi Tel-Aviv sparked international condemnation. Five people were hospitalized and 62 people arrested.
A total of 4,000 police and gendarmes will be mobilized on Thursday for the match at “high risk” France-Israel at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, Paris police chief Laurent Nuñez announced on Sunday.
For its part, Israel recommends that its citizens not go to the match.
