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A total of 416 people were arrested in France, of which 283 in Paris, as announced by the Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, after the disturbances during the celebrations for PSG’s victory in the Champions League. The Minister of the Interior also reported that seven police officers were injured, one of them seriously in the city of Agen, with a head injury, and described the incidents as “absolutely unacceptable.” There were altercations and looting in about 15 French cities, especially in Rennes, Strasbourg, Clermont-Ferrand and Grenoble, but it was Paris that recorded the greatest disturbances. The Paris Prefecture estimated that 20,000 fans gathered on the Champs-Elysées in Paris to celebrate the final between PSG and Arsenal, but the altercations were reproduced in multiple parts of the city, and they even temporarily blocked a point on the capital’s main ring road. Last year, when PSG won its first Champions League, there were serious riots in various parts of France: two people died and almost 200 were injured, including a police officer who is in a coma. In Paris alone, there were 500 arrests. To avoid episodes like those in 2025, the French authorities have implemented a reinforced security device. 22,000 police and gendarmes have been deployed throughout the country, of which 8,000 were in Paris and its metropolitan area. This Sunday’s celebrations continue Despite the riots that occurred last night in the capital, the celebrations in honor of the PSG players and coaching staff, with the trophy, which will take place this Sunday on the Champ de Mars, will take place as planned, according to the Minister of the Interior. “There is no possibility of canceling the celebrations,” he stated. Nuñez. “It will be a different event,” he noted. It is expected that this Sunday 90,000 people will gather at the Champ de Mars, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower (which tonight was illuminated with the club’s colors), within a security perimeter, with security controls at the entrance. It is also expected that the French president, Emmanuel Macron, will receive this Sunday the PSG players and their technical team led by the Spanish Luis Enrique, brand new Champions League champions – the second they have won. consecutively – by beating Arsenal in the penalty shootout in the Budapest final. In a statement, The Elysée reported that the team will arrive at the Elysée at 6:10 p.m. local time (4:10 p.m. GMT). Shortly afterwards, at 6:45 p.m., Macron will give a public statement about PSG’s feat. “A few days before the 2026 World Cup, this success highlights the excellence of French football and crowns the commitment of an entire club and its fans,” the Elysée said in its statement, which highlighted the “effort and talent of all the players, as well as the work of the coaching staff led by Mr. Luis Enrique.” Previously, Macron had congratulated PSG for his second Champions League. “A new star shines over Paris! Congratulations to PSG, which makes all of Europe dream. France is proud,” he declared on his social networks.
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Source: This article was originally published by El Español – Home and adapted for our international English-speaking audience.
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