the prefect of Paris explained himself to the senators

12 days after the excesses at the Stade de France and the hearing of Gérald Darmanin, it was the turn of the Paris police chief to be heard Thursday June 9 in the Senate. Didier Lallement admitted a failure but maintains his position: “We used (…) and I assume it completely, tear gas, the only means to our police knowledge, to push back a crowd, except to charge it.”

Another sticking point with Liverpool supporters is the number of counterfeit tickets. “Perhaps I was wrong in the figure of 30 to 40,000 that I gave to the minister”, recognized the prefect in front of the senators. Didier Lallement also encouraged disgruntled English supporters to file a complaint using a document to be found on the website of the French Embassy. But according to a British MP present on the day of the match, the document is incomplete.