Apologies but no change on the line of defense. Four days after the incidents on the sidelines of the Champions League final, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin maintained his controversial version of the number of counterfeit tickets. He was auditioned at the same time as the Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castéra.
Before the Senate Law and Culture Committee on Wednesday evening, he insisted that 110,000 people showed up “in and around” the Stadium, or “35,000” supporters more than the planned gauge and equipped, according to him. , falsified tickets or without a ticket.
“sometimes unacceptable excesses”
“It is obvious that things could have been better organized“, he said, lamenting a “spoiled sports party” and “sometimes unacceptable excesses“.
He also “sincerely apologized” to Liverpool supporters for “the great damage, in particular on children“caused by tear gas.
During the session, the Minister of the Interior assured for the first time that he had asked the prefect of police for sanctions for two members of the police who, according to him, were guilty of using “contrary to the rules of use” tear gas.
The minister also announced that from Monday, the British and the Spaniards “will be able to file a complaint in their country”, explaining that French police officers will be dispatched on the spot.
“A minister who lies”
The figures of supporters without tickets put forward by Gérald Darmanin are a “serious lie”, denounced Marine Le Pen (RN) on Wednesday, believing that he “should on his own consider that he must leave“.
“A minister who lies is bad news and does not bode well for the coming five-year term“, estimated for his part the MEP LFI Manuel Bompard, right arm of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, on Franceinfo.