the imposing safety system for France-Israel | EUROtoday

un match beneath shut surveillance. “There will be 4,000 police officers and agents to secure the stadium,” confirmed Laurent Nuñez. Guest on the set of the present BFM Politics this Sunday, the Paris police prefect additionally confirmed that his providers had been working collectively “with the Israeli authorities” concerning the France-Israel UEFA Nations League match, scheduled for Thursday, November 14 on the Stade de France.

After the violent outbursts of an anti-Semitic nature that occurred final Thursday within the Dutch capital towards supporters of the Israeli soccer membership Maccabi Tel-Aviv, on the sidelines of a match between their crew and Ajax Amsterdam, France attracts ” “teaching” necessary, confirms Laurent Nuñez.

“Security in the evening of France-Israel will be around the stadium, the immediate surroundings, public transport. The lesson of Amsterdam is that you have to be present everywhere,” he said, aware of the challenge that awaits him after the events of this week have both taken out the King of the Countries- Down his reserve and hastened the return of the Dutch Prime Minister from the summit of EU leaders in Budapest.

High risk

“We work with safety. It’s a high-risk match,” agreed the Paris police prefect. “We are committing a very substantial and unusual volume of personnel for this type of meeting,” he added. In fact, more than 4,000 members of the police will be mobilized for the meeting, both to “reassure” the spectators “and at the same time display a message of firmness”, explains Laurent Nuñez.

“We will not tolerate any excess,” he insisted, then detailing the process a little more. “We will have means that will allow us to be extremely reactive to prevent any disturbance of public order, either during the match, [aux] around the match or [lors du] spectators’ journey,” explains Laurent Nuñez.

“There will be double control, and a security perimeter around the anti-terrorist stadium,” he detailed. In addition to the police force, 1,600 security agents were hired by the FFF, he indicates, recalling according to him the average of “1,200-1,300 [agents mobilisés, NDLR] for sold-out Blues matches.”

Tensions before the match

Regarding the pro-Israel gala organized the day before the match by the “Israel is forever” association, Laurent Nuñez specifies that he “will not ban this event”, having “no reason to do so”, responding thus to the injunction of the France insoumise MP Thomas Portes on October 16, who asked the police prefect, from his X account, to prevent this demonstration from taking place on the grounds of the “genocide” in Gaza carried out by “the Israeli government » and the presence at the gala of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

“This minister’s comments were condemned by France and I finally understand that he will not be present,” underlines Mr. Nuñez. An indication towards the occasion stays deliberate. On this topic, the Paris police chief desires to be reassuring and agency, indicating “to discuss with the organizers so that it is held in a place which does not pose problems of public order”. “But I won’t ban it either,” he concludes.