There are currently 850,000 Moroccan immigrants living in the country and there are many French people of Moroccan descent and binationals
The French authorities are preparing a strong police force for this Wednesday’s France-Morocco match in the World Cup in Qatar. Whoever wins the match, some 10,000 policemen and gendarmes will be mobilized throughout the country to prevent incidents in the context of this semi-final between Les Bleus and the Atlas Lions.
“In order to celebrate the France-Morocco match, 10,000 police officers and gendarmes will be mobilized this Wednesday: 5,000 in the Paris region, especially around the Champs-Elysées, and 5,000 outside the Paris region,” announced the Interior Minister. Business on. Gérald Darmanin, before the National Assembly.
The head of the Interior portfolio indicated that traffic on the Champs-Élysées will not be interrupted, despite the fact that many fans, whether French or Moroccan, are expected to come to celebrate their team’s victory and the passage to celebrate the final. In any case, the party in the heart of Paris is guaranteed. If France wins, French fans will invade “the most beautiful avenue in the world”. If Morocco wins, it’s the North African fans. There are currently 850,000 Moroccan immigrants living in France and there are many French people of Moroccan descent and binationals.
terrorist threats
While Darmanin considers it normal for fans to celebrate his team’s victory on the street, he recalled that the game takes place “in a context of high terrorist threat”, which he considered to be “the first pre-incident threat” surrounding the game. .
The minister explained that this strong police force of Wednesday in France will be repeated this weekend. The World Cup final will be played on Sunday and on Saturday the teams that lost their respective semi-finals will face each other for third and fourth place in the competition.
Darmanin was heavily criticized in May for the chaotic Champions League final at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, on the outskirts of Paris. Real Madrid and Liverpool fans have been victims of robberies or assaults by local criminals or police excesses near the stadium. The international press subsequently denounced the failure of the French authorities to maintain order and ensure the safety of the Spanish and English fans.
Source: La Verdad
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