With the start of Euro football, sports betting is picking up all over France.

And among these amateur punters, there are even parliamentary collaborators.

Between two questioning sessions in the government, in the Senate, they try to guess the results of the matches that are to come. 

The passion for football is everywhere, even in the Senate offices.

Euro 2020 has been launched since Friday and brought back with the collective viewing sessions and for the more players it is also the return of the forecasts.

They are done at the counter in front of a café, but also between colleagues between two files, and the Luxembourg Palace is no exception.

Emeric and Paul are parliamentary collaborators and fervent spectators of the Euro.

For them, a certainty: "There is not only work in life, there is also football".

All is good to win

In a cozy office with red carpet, right next to the hemicycle, "it's two rooms, two atmospheres".

The two colleagues do not talk about dossier or politics.

All eyes are on the application My little tip, Émeric and Paul, in jackets and shirts, are betting on the first matches of the Euro.

"Between questions to the government and football, it's always very nice that allows you to decompress a little while being serious."

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51 matches are planned and as many strategies to climb to the top of the podium.

So, at the coffee machine, anything goes.

"There is going to be a bit of bluffing," Emeric admits.

"'Me, I see a draw on that'. And then, in fact, I know Paul he will have put a victory for France while I would have drawn a draw and he will take the points", imagine- he.

A jersey as a reward

And winning the competition "is much more than a question of life and death in the final result" because in the event of victory, no money at stake, but a much more precious booty for these two enthusiasts.

"The winner wins a jersey of their choice, flocked, whatever it takes."

But their love of sport goes further. "I support this theory that the football shirt under the costume, it can pass", despite the dress code in force in the Senate. The two men will be able to experience and overlay the Blues jersey and tie to support Didier Deschamps' team on Tuesday against Germany.