Emmanuel Macron will attend the final of the French football cup between FC Nantes and Toulouse FC (this Saturday at 9 p.m.). But the head of state, who has been the subject of fierce disputes since the adoption of the pension law, will not descend on the lawn as is customary to greet the players of the two players one by one. teams before the match.
3,000 police and gendarmes will be mobilized around the Stade de France for the occasion and the Paris police chief, Laurent Nuñez, will be at the security headquarters on Saturday, inside the Dionysian enclosure.
While the unions plan to distribute red cards and whistles to spectators to show their rejection of the pension reform and their dissatisfaction with the head of state, a police source recalled that whistles were prohibited in all stadiums so as not to “disturb the refereeing”.
The consequent device will be “50% more important”, according to the entourage of the Minister of the Interior, than that mobilized on May 28, 2022 for the final of the Champions League, won by Real Madrid against Liverpool (1-0 ), which had turned into a security fiasco.
In the stands, grids will be mounted in the bends to “avoid an invasion of the field by supporters”, added a police source, referring to Toulouse fans.
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