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The week of FigaroVox - "Stade de France: between lies and denial"

6/3/2022, 6:57:07 PM


Find every Saturday the selection of FigaroVox: decryptions, points of view and controversies. Dear subscribers, The images went around the world. We see young men climbing the gates, crowds dressed in red - the color of Liverpool supporters - gathered and stretched around the Stade de France. Some receive, as a welcome gift, tear gas from the police. A few days later, we will discover that snatching, stripped spectators and sexual assaults also punctuated this nightmarish Saturday evening

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The images went around the world.

We see young men climbing the gates, crowds dressed in red - the color of Liverpool supporters - gathered and stretched around the Stade de France.

Some receive, as a welcome gift, tear gas from the police.

A few days later, we will discover that snatching, stripped spectators and sexual assaults also punctuated this nightmarish Saturday evening for the image of France.

According to the official speech, those responsible for the fiasco of the Champions League final were however all found: the British supporters would have arrived at the stadium late, with counterfeit tickets, causing confusion.

The problem is that Gérald Darmanin's story does not correspond to that of the special envoys, the spectators present in the enclosure, and the videos which circulated on social networks.

“The Stade de France fiasco has nothing to do with…

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