Emmanuel Macron and Michel Barnier will attend the football match between France and Israel, scheduled for Thursday, November 14 at the Stade de France as part of the 5th day of the Nations League, the CNEWS political service confirmed this Monday.
Emmanuel Macron and Michel Barnier will attend the football match on Thursday which will pit France against Israel under high security at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, the CNEWS political service confirmed this Monday, November 11.
According to the entourage of the President of the Republic, this is in particular “to send a message of fraternity and solidarity after the intolerable anti-Semitic acts which followed the match in Amsterdam this week”.
A “high risk” match
Considered “high risk” by the French authorities, the France-Israel match on Thursday at the Stade de France will take place one week to the day after that between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel-Aviv, which was followed by violence. targeting Israeli supporters in the Dutch city.
As a reminder, after the match, Israeli supporters were violently attacked in the streets of Amsterdam.
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