US EditionFrench Justice Minister Considers Harsher Sentences After Violence Mars PSG Celebrations
- Police clashed with crowds following Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League victory parade near Champs-Elysées in Paris on June 1, 2025.
- The clash arose after PSG won 5-0 against Inter Milan in Germany, sparking large celebrations that escalated into violence and unrest.
- Authorities arrested hundreds, faced car torchings exceeding 200, and confirmed two deaths amid widespread disturbances and injuries across multiple French cities.
- Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin called on June 3, 2025, for tougher, more proportional sentences including ending suspended sentences and establishing "systematic minimum sentence" laws.
- The incidents prompted calls for legal reform and improved crowd management, highlighting challenges in balancing sport celebrations with maintaining public order.
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Waves of violence have swept through France with iron regularity, most recently after Saturday’s Champions League final. Crime and violence are spreading from the outskirts of big cities to the peaceful countryside. The state has lost control of the situation and many are worried about what will happen, notes reporter Jonathan Miller in the British tabloid Daily Mail, even talking about civil war. As exaggerated as it may seem, government offici…
The violence after the PSG victory marked the final of the Champions League. More than 560 arrests took place, followed by judgments in immediate appearance on 2 and 3 June. François-Xavier Rigot reveals the behind-the-scenes of these hearings (Police, justice and various facts).
Saturday evening raid trials begin: to the first defendants a few months with parole, ridiculous fines and citizenship stage.The Minister of Justice: "We change the laws, we need the prison" Le Parisien, with the usual, suspicious, low profile, still speaks of débordements: Sabat...
Suspended, Minimum sentences... Hands-on in Judicial Matters, Darmanin "Hope" a New Law in September
Guest Tuesday night of the "20 hours" of TF1, the Minister of Justice called for "adapting the Penal Code to the violence of today", after the violence of this weekend on the margins of the victory of the PSG in the Champions League.
Eric Delbecque, former security director of "Charlie Hebdo" after the 2015 attack, author of "The Irresponsibles." Ten years after Charlie Hebdo" (Plon, 2015) looks back at the urban violence that occurred after the final of the Champions League and suggests ways to prevent the scenario from reoccurring.
French justice minister calls for tougher sentencing after football violence
French Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Tuesday he wanted tougher punishments for anyone found guilty of "violence" against law enforcement officers, after arrests this weekend during Champion's League football celebrations.
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