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French Interior Minister Denounces "Free Palestine" Banner at PSG Football Match

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A group of Paris Saint-Germain fans unveiled a large banner that read "Free Palestine" during a Champions League match against Atletico Madrid. The banner featured a map of Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, and included the message "War on the pitch, but peace in the world." This display is a violation of UEFA rules, which prohibit political messages during matches. The Interior Minister of France, Bruno Retailleau, has criticized the action.

  1. FR
    Bruno Retailleau
    Republican Party
    1. I want to know more and now how this banner came to be unfurled. The Paris police chief (Laurent Nunez) explained what happened. We agreed on a certain number of things but I am demanding accountability.
    2. If this were to happen again, we will have to consider forbidding banners for clubs that do not enforce the rules.
    3. I ask PSG to explain itself and the clubs to ensure that politics does not come to damage sport, which must always remain a source of unity.
    4. UEFA rules forbid political messages, and it is a political message.
  2. Union of European Football Associations
    1. There will therefore be no disciplinary case because the banner that was unfurled cannot be in this case be considered provocative or insulting in that precise case.
  3. FR
    Paris Saint-Germain
    1. Paris St Germain recalls that the Parc des Princes is – and must remain – a place of communion around a common passion for soccer and firmly opposes any message of a political nature in its stadium.
  4. FR
    Yonathan Arfi
    1. The perpetrators of this banner must be punished! Intolerable!
    2. A map where the state of Israel no longer exists. A masked Palestinian fighter. This is not a message of peace but a call to hatred.

sources

  1. 1.Al Jazeera
  2. 2.Le Monde
  3. 3.France 24
  4. 4.Agence France-Presse
  5. 5.Reuters
  6. 6.RTL
  7. 7.Sud Radio

perspectives

  1. 1.Israel-Palestine Conflict
  2. 2.French Foreign Policy
  3. 3.France under Emmanuel Macron
  4. 4.Soccer
  5. 5.French Politics

countries

  1. 1.FranceFR
  2. 2.IsraelIL
  3. 3.ItalyIT
  4. 4.LebanonLB
  5. 5.Palestine, State ofPS
  6. 6.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.Union of European Football Associations
  2. 2.Champions League
  3. 3.Paris Saint-GermainFR
  4. 4.Atletico de Madrid
  5. 5.French Football Federation
  6. 6.Qatar Sports Investments
  7. 7.HamasPS
  8. 8.Scottish Premier League

persons

  1. 1.Bruno RetailleauFR
  2. 2.Laurent NunezFR
  3. 3.Yonathan ArfiFR

technicals

  1. 1.Islam
  2. 2.Judaism
  3. 3.Stade De France
  4. 4.West Bank
  5. 5.Al-Aqsa Mosque
  6. 6.Celtic