The chairman of the Senate’s Culture Committee, Laurent Lafon, pinpointed, Thursday, “a lack of responsiveness during [la finale de la Ligue des champions]and questionable management”.
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The judgment is harsh. After an initial investigation report pointing to a series of “failures”the senatorial delegation working on the incidents at the Stade de France conducted a series of auditions and made a stopover point from the stadium on Thursday, June 16. This delegation, led by the presidents of the Culture and Laws Committees of the Senate, Laurent Lafon (centrist) and François-Noël Buffet (LR), have denounced “unpreparedness” of the public authorities and qualified the non-conservation of video surveillance images as “a serious fault”.
Laurent Lafon denounced a “lack of preparation upstream, a lack of responsiveness during, and questionable management afterwards” and facts of a “rare gravity whose consequences could have been dramatic”. He also expressed his “regrets and apologies” for the spectators who were victims of delinquency and those who could not enter to see the final of the Champions League, on May 28, at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis .
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With regard to the non-conservation of video surveillance images of the Stade de France consortium, François-Noël Buffet considered that it was “at the very least a serious fault”. Asked whether this non-conservation had been “hidden”, Francois-Noel Buffet Buffet replied: “No, I can’t say that”. “What challenges is that no one had the lucidity to say: ‘We keep these images'”he said.
He also specified that he was going to verify the information according to which a deputy prosecutor from Bobigny was present at the security PC, as is customary during a major event. A judicial police officer was present, he said and “a stop” also allowed the police “to record images of the Stade de France”.
Pending further hearings next week, particularly those of the supporters, the impression given is “that no one is responsible” so “no one is guilty”, lamented Laurent Lafon. The Senate would also like to hear UEFA but has not yet received an answer.