At least 38 arrests in the French Cup final, scene of protests against Macron

At least 38 people have been arrested in the men’s french cup final, scene of protests against the French president, Emmanuel Macronand the raising the retirement age summoned for this Saturday which coincides with the President’s presence at the Stade de France in Paris.

The police accuse the detainees of deliberate violence, theft and carrying smoke bombs, according to French television BFMTV.

Macron was present at the meeting between the teams of Toulouse and Nanteswhich resulted in the former’s 5-1 win, and has greeted as is customary for the players, although he did it in the corridors of the stadium and not on the fieldas has happened on other occasions, to avoid controversy.

The final is chosen by the unions to ask those present a symbolic red card Macron in favor of law raising retirement age from 62 to 64.

The authorities announced that access to the state with these cards would be banned and theThe guards confiscated them despite the decision of the Paris Administrative Court to suspend the ban on entry with them.

However, several French media have confirmed that red cards are present in the state despite the checks and such They are shown in the 49th minutein reference to Article 49.3 used by the government to facilitate the adoption of the pension reform.

Some 3,000 police and gendarmes and 1,400 security guards were mobilized to ensure security to try to prevent a fiasco like the one in the 2022 Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid, and the police prefecture established a “protection perimeter” around the Stade to check the France entrances.

The opposition has strongly criticized these events.