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Liverpool FC fans falsely blamed for Paris Champions League final chaos, Senate report finds

The findings of the report said "It is unfair to have sought to blame Liverpool supporters for the disturbances"

Liverpool Echo

Champions League final chaos caused by ‘string of dysfunctions’, French Senate says

A French Senate enquiry into chaotic scenes at the Champions League final in May in Paris concluded Wednesday the problems were caused by a "string of dysfunctions" in the organisation, rather than Liverpool supporters as claimed by the government.

France 24

Paris chief of police to be removed from job following Champions League disaster

Didier Lallement admitted he was "the only one responsible" after police used tear gas on innocent fans

Liverpool Echo

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French President and PM reshuffle cabinet to launch Macron’s second term

President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne have reshuffled the government for the second time in six weeks, hoping for a fresh start for Macron's second term, after his party lost its parliamentary majority in June elections.

Radio France Internationale

It’s not just the far right that should worry us. It’s their ideas seeping into the mainstream

Marine Le Pen might have lost the presidential election, but the RN leader’s influence runs deep in France

The Guardian - UK

French minister sorry for Champions League final’s ‘bad management’

Gérald Darmanin has apologised to ‘everyone who suffered from bad management’ at the Champions League final but fell short of saying sorry for blaming Liverpool fans

The Guardian - UK

France: Senior Macron minister Chrysoula Zacharopoulou accused of rape

Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, the 46-year-old Secretary of State for Development, is the subject of two complaints from a woman who cannot be named for legal reasons

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Liverpool and Real Madrid fans join forces to condemn French police at Champions League final

Supporters involved in the chaos which marred last month's Champions League showpiece in Paris have been given the chance to recall their own experiences during a hearing in the French Senate

Daily Mirror

Senior French politicians lambast 'state failures' at Champions League final

Top French politicians on Friday condemned the organisation around last month's Champions League final at the Stade de France as a failure of the state.

Radio France Internationale

France burkini ban challenged in country’s top court

Marine Le Pen has called the burkini the ‘clothing of Islamist propaganda’

The Independent UK

Macron's alliance holds thin majority in legislative polls, as left-wing alleges irregularities

French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist Ensemble alliance heads into the week ahead of a crucial second round of runoff voting in lower house elections with a razor-thin edge over the left-wing NUPES bloc, amid accusations of voter irregularities.

Radio France Internationale

Champions League final inquiry shows no evidence of 40,000 ticketless fans

The Prime Minister of France commissioned a report after fans were tear-gassed

Liverpool Echo

French PM Borne orders ministers to follow Olympics model for sports events

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Friday slapped down two of her top ministers Gérald Darmanin and Amélie Oudéa-Castéra and ordered them to make sure their departments follow procedures set up by organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympics to avoid the harrowing scenes that blighted the Champions League final at…

Radio France Internationale

Paris shooting thrusts police violence into the spotlight as French legislative elections loom

A fatal police shooting in Paris has thrust the issue of violence by security forces to the heart of an increasingly close French parliamentary election battle between a new left-wing coalition and allies of centrist President Emmanuel Macron.

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Liverpool Echo

French media maps out route cause of Liverpool Champions League final chaos with timeline video

A timeline of events that led to serious problems for Liverpool fans outside the Stade de France has been created by French media

The Guardian - UK

Of course French police and politicians lied and smeared UK football fans. That’s what they do

In France, the violence meted out at the Champions League final and the cover-up that followed were tragically familiar, says Fabrice Arfi of investigative journal Mediapart

The Guardian - UK

Fury in France as Champions League final chaos tarnishes nation’s global image

As elections loom, the public turns against interior minister Gérald Darmanin after he blames Liverpool fans for Paris fiasco

Liverpool Echo

Two French police officers referred to watchdog for 'excessive use of teargas'

French interior minister Gérald Darmanin has refused to accept responsibility for the chaos outside the Stade de France on Saturday

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Liverpool Echo

Real Madrid statement confirms what we already knew about the disgrace of Paris

The cynical attempts of the French authorities to obscure the truth have crumbled in the face of overwhelming evidence

Liverpool Echo

French ministers ramp up Liverpool smears as they run out of places to hide

It was an astonishing session in the French senate, as Amélie Oudea-Castera and Gerald Darmanin fired off slurs and lies about Liverpool supporters

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool FC fans point out lies told by French ministers over Paris final

LFC fans have had their say after supporters were targeted on Saturday

The Guardian - UK

French police officers investigated over use of teargas against Liverpool fans

The French interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, said two officers went ‘against its rules of use’ and that fans will be able to file legal complaints to the French police watchdog

Liverpool Echo

French ministers branded 'disgrace' as they double down on fake ticket claims and try to smear Liverpool fans

Liverpool fans furious as government officials make shocking claims about Saturday's Champions League Final

France 24

Champions League final 'could have been better organised', French interior minister tells Senate

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin admitted at a Senate hearing on Wednesday that the weekend’s Champions League final in Paris "could have been better organised" after scenes of chaos and fans being teargassed went viral. Darmanin has faced growing criticism over the police’s crowd management tactics as well as accusations…

Radio France Internationale

French ministers to face Senate over Stade de France football chaos

Four days after the chaos that disrupted Saturday's Stade de France Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid, France’s interior and sports ministers will on Wednesday be made to explain themselves before the Senate.

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