A few hours before the meeting, he wants to be reassuring. Questioned on France Info this Thursday morning, the Paris police prefect acknowledged that the football match which will be held at the Stade de France between the Blues and Israel this evening has been identified “for a long time” as “sensitive” and is “at risk”. high risk in the current international context. Laurent Nuñez also indicated that “calls to disrupt” the normal progress of the match had been spotted on social networks. But he still assured that “security conditions are guaranteed”.
Unlike the Israeli authorities who have advised their nationals not to go there, he invited the supporters “to come” and attend the meeting, wanting to be “very reassuring and very firm”. If the security system had already been revealed, the prefect specified that the police would be present “in the corridors” of the stadium but also outside, sometimes very far from the venue of the meeting.
“We must be able to ensure protection on the return journey” of spectators, he specified. Of course, there is no question of putting a police officer behind everyone, “but we know a little about the routes and the gathering places of the supporters,” assured Laurent Nuñez.
Asked about the presence of Israeli agents in the French capital, the prefect affirmed that there were “some agents of the Israeli internal security forces, who are closest to the players and the Israeli delegation” but that they were “in limited numbers” and, above all, that none of them would be “on the public highway”. “This is not possible in France,” insisted the former Secretary of State.
Furthermore, the prefect confirmed that he would not ban the pro-Palestinian rally planned for this Thursday in Saint-Denis, in the name of the right to demonstrate. On the other hand, it will probably not take place in front of the town hall, as initially planned, because of the proximity to public transport lines leading to the Stade de France. “I am still in discussions with the organizers to find a point of agreement,” admitted Laurent Nuñez Thursday morning, raising the possibility that opponents of holding the France-Israel match would instead regroup at the Popular Front Square.
