Incidents at the Stade de France: the Senate report denounces the failures of the authorities
Supporters display their tickets for the final as they are prevented from entering the Stade de France on May 28, 2022. AP - Christophe Ena
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The incidents of the Champions League final on May 28 at the Stade de France are not linked to the presence of Liverpool supporters "around the stadium", estimated the French senators, pointing to the "failures" of the authorities in the conclusions of their report.
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It is not because there were Liverpool supporters who accompanied their team that it went badly
”, assured Laurent Lafon, the president of the culture committee of the French Senate, during a point hurry.
Laurent Lafon and the president of the law commission François-Noël Buffet (Les Républicains, right), who presented the conclusions of the report, conversely pointed to the "
failures
" of the authorities
during this fiasco
, attributable, according to them , at the Paris police headquarters, while denouncing a poor "
analysis
" by the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, who had quickly incriminated the English supporters of Liverpool before apologizing late, had affirmed during his hearing before the senators that nearly “
35,000
” supporters with counterfeit tickets or without tickets s were presented that evening at the Stade de France.
And a few days earlier, he had described as “
root evil
” this massive presence, according to him, of counterfeit notes.
The president of the culture committee considered that this "
partial and imprecise analysis
" of the Minister of the Interior after the incidents, placing the responsibility on the presence of counterfeit banknotes, "
was not the right
one ".
"
This failure is due to the decisions taken by the Paris police headquarters
", underlined François-Noël Buffet (LR), during this press briefing.
Lack of coordination and preparation
Laurent Lafon also mentioned “
a series of malfunctions
” and “
failures
” both “
in the execution
” and in the “
preparation
” of the event.
“
Everyone was in their own lane without there being any real coordination
,” also noted the senator.
The event between Real Madrid and Liverpool, which was to be a showcase just over a year from the Rugby World Cup and before the Summer Olympics in two years, turned into a nightmare for the forces of the order and the government: with spectators without tickets climbing the gates of the stadium, others with tickets but unable to enter, families sprayed with tear gas by the police or robberies and attacks committed by opportunistic criminals .
The Senate report recommends around fifteen measures, including that of “
requiring operators
” to keep video surveillance images “
for the legal duration of one month
” or even “
making the use of tamper-proof tickets compulsory
”.
For Laurent Lafon, if "
the management of the ticket office has been inadequate
", it "
can in no way be considered as the sole cause or as the cause of the incidents
".
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To read also: Incidents at the Stade de France: senators denounce "unpreparedness" and "serious fault"
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With
AFP)
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