Disavowed by three quarters of the country.
According to an Odoxa-Backbone Consulting poll for
Le Figaro
, 76% of French people were not convinced by Gérald Darmanin's explanations after the incidents that occurred before the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool (1-0), Saturday night.
The pre-match had been marred by scenes of chaos due to fan access problems, delaying kick-off by more than thirty minutes.
From the Stade de France security post, the Minister of the Interior pointed out the “
thousands of British ‘supporters’ without tickets or with fake tickets
” who had “
forced entries
”.
Gérald Darmanin then estimated their number at "
30,000 to 40,000
“, a figure far from the 2800 “
scanned counterfeit tickets
” identified by the French Football Federation (FFF) and UEFA, the European body organizing the competition.
A line of defense repeated by the minister on Wednesday during his hearing by the Senate law commission.
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Supporters of Reconquest are those who most disapprove of the explanations of the Minister of the Interior (88%), followed by those of insubordinate France (82%), the National Rally and Europe Ecology the Greens (77%).
For the nine out of ten French people who heard of the incidents, the faults are shared.
At the head of those responsible are, in the eyes of those polled, young offenders from neighboring estates, who took advantage of the disorder: 61% of French people consider that they bear a "
very important " responsibility.
in the fiasco.
The organization of the Stade de France (51%), the police headquarters (44%), UEFA (41%), then Gérald Darmanin (40%) is then targeted.
Only 35% of respondents believe that the responsibility of Liverpool club supporters is "very important".
Emmanuel Macron, who has taken care to keep his distance from this affair as the legislative elections approach, is only targeted by 27% of those polled.
A bad image of France
With regard to the police, only one in ten French people believe that the instructions given to them are generally “
fair and proportionate
” to this type of incident.
On the contrary, a narrow majority judges that they are often "
poorly proportioned
", that is to say sometimes too repressive, sometimes not enough: 28% of respondents find that the police forces are generally not repressive enough and 11% that they are too much.
On Wednesday, Gérald Darmanin apologized for "
the disproportionate use of tear gas
" on the sidelines of the overflows at Stade France.
The Minister of the Interior announced two referrals from the
".
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For more than one in two French people (53%), these incidents show that France is ill-prepared to host the Rugby World Cup next year and the Olympic Games in 2024. For 46%, conversely, we must not draw conclusions too quickly: France will learn the lessons of these incidents and will be able to supervise these sporting events.
Nevertheless, most French people judge the incidents that have occurred around the Stade de France harshly.
For nine out of ten respondents, they give a bad image of France in the rest of the world (90%) and spoiled the Champions League final (87%).
A large majority of respondents say they feel sadness (85%), anger and worry (73%) after this fiasco.