Ban on the PSG jersey in Marseille: the prefecture is backing down

The revelation by Le Parisien on Thursday evening of the decision of the prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône caused a stir. The latter, Emmanuel Barbe, signed a decree banning the wearing of the Parisian jersey in downtown Marseille this Sunday on the occasion of the Champions League final between the capital club and Bayern Munich on Sunday evening ( 21 hours). Faced with the reactions, especially on social networks, the authorities of Bouches-du-Rhône have just backed down on Friday. “Faced with the incomprehension caused by this decree, the police chief decided to repeal it”, announce the authorities of Bouches-du-Rhône.

However and to avoid the reiteration of the incidents that took place Tuesday evening in the Marseille city, the evening of the semi-final of PSG against RB Leipzig, the prefecture gives some advice to Parisian supporters. She "urges them" to those who will attend retransmissions in Marseille not to wear ostentatious signs in public space and to show moderation in their eventual events so as not to be taken to task. "

⚽️ In order to avoid the reiteration of the disturbances to public order that arose during the semi-final between PSG and RB Leipzig, @ prefpolice13 yesterday issued a decree prohibiting the circulation around the Old Port of any person availing themselves of the quality to support PSG. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/JVvcbG1YZL

A little earlier in the morning, the prefect had explained himself on the antenna of BFMTV to defend his initial decision. “After the semi-final against Leipzig, he blurted out on the news channel, there were rallies in the center of Marseille, moreover not very sanitary correct. And above all, we had lawsuits, people who fought. And I can not imagine what it would be in the event of a victory for PSG on Sunday. "

For him, it was better to prevent by a prefectural decree than to punish then by the police baton. “Here,” continued the prefect, “it is a preventive measure which, basically, will only last a few hours. It is not in all of Marseille but in very specific places. Basically, we take this decision to avoid extremely dramatic incidents. In this case, I would like to know what would happen if we did not take these measures. Let's put things back to their proper dimension. It's just a small preventive measure that aims to prevent incidents that can be very serious. Let's put the church back in the middle of the village about this decision. »Which only lasted a few hours.