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After the fiasco of the organization of the Champions League final at the Stade de France, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin was invited to explain himself to the senators, Wednesday June 1, in the same way as his counterpart for Sports.
Accused of not telling the whole truth, Gérald Darmanin maintains his figures but changes his tone. In front of the senators, he expresses regrets. “The negative image of this match is a wound for our national pride and it is obvious that things could have been better organized.“, he declared before the Senate. Questioned for three hours, the minister reiterated his explanations: it is indeed the 35,000 English people without tickets or with counterfeit tickets who are at the origin of the unrest.
According to the figures presented to the senators, 79,000 supporters would have come by public transport, and 31,000 by bus, taxi or personal vehicle, i.e. a total of 110,000 people, while the stadium can only contain 75,000. battle of figures, it is also the way in which the supporters were dispersed which had shocked. The English press has multiplied the testimonies of families hit by tear gas. Gérald Darmanin sent them “very sincerely” his excuses.