Most of the stands for the France-Israel Nations League match to be played this Thursday and that The French Government considers it “high risk”, After the anti-Semitic incidents in Amsterdam last week, They were empty as just over 25,000 tickets were sold.
The figure, that It’s a far cry from over 80,000 seats of the Stade de France in its configuration for football matches, was given this Wednesday by French Sports Minister Gil Averouswho in an interview with the station Europe 1 lamented the low mobilization of fans.
In any case, Averous said he is confident that “it can be attended with the family and in complete safety” at the match, which will be held at the Stade de France, where the French team usually plays.
The French Executive reacted with a unique security device to the scenes of violence on the 7th in Amsterdam, with anti-Semitic attack against Israeli Maccabi fans in Tel Aviv in the Ajax match, which was preceded by the provocative actions of some of them the previous day in the streets and in the stadium.
This device includes the deployment of 4,000 police and gendarmes around and inside the Stade de France, located in the city of Saint Denis, but also on public transport leading there and to the center of Paris.
To this will be added the 1,600 security officers inside and at the entrances to the Stade de France posted by the French Football Federation (FFF), a figure higher than usual, especially considering the small number of fans waiting .
Averous insisted that the decision to keep the party at the Stade de France instead of the option of Parc des Princes, in Pariswhich is also considered because “there is no need to retreat” or “fear.”
He French President Emmanuel Macronannounced that he would attend the match to show his full support for his country’s team, but to “send a message of brotherhood and solidarity after the intolerable anti-Semitic actions” in Amsterdam.
They also said that two previous heads of state were present, the socialist François Hollande, and the conservative Nicolas Sarkozy, a test for the Sports leader of the “national union” that exists to fight anti-Semitic activities, in a context of a strong increase in this phenomenon in France (192% so far this year, according to in an official record).
The truth was asked by France Insoumise (LFI), the country’s main left-wing party, on Tuesday France-Israel is annulled on Thursday saying the “risk of incidents” related to the conflict in the Middle East is very high.
Source: La Verdad
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