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Paris police chief replaced after Liverpool vs Real Madrid Champions League fiasco

Liverpool and Real Madrid fans were exonerated of any blame following a report by the French Senate into the problems at the Champions League final at the Stade de France in May, which highlighted "systematic failings" of those organising and policing the event

Daily Mirror

MP demands apology from French government for Champions League failings

West Derby MP has written to French Président Emmanuel Macron

Liverpool Echo

Gary Lineker sends message to Liverpool fans after being 'unfairly blamed' for Champions League final chaos

Gary Lineker has paid tribute to Liverpool supporters after a French Senate report into the events surrounding the Champions League final in Paris

Liverpool Echo

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The Champions League Senate report should make us hungrier for more answers

ECHO reporter Patrick Edrich calls for more accountability to be taken following the French Senate's report

Liverpool Echo

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

Evening Standard

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’

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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.

Liverpool Echo

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

Radio France Internationale

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…

France 24

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

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

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