More than 200 people have been arrested in France after PSG’s Champions League victory sparked chaos in the semi-finals.
Published June 2, 2026
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecorne has said he will ask President Emmanuel Macron to convene an extraordinary parliament in early July to speed up the adoption of the government’s security bill, RIPOST, following the violence surrounding Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League victory.
The bill was introduced by the government on March 25 and has already been passed by the Senate.
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The bill targets what the government calls “everyday disorder” such as illegal rave parties, nitrous oxide abuse, firework mortars and drug use, and would expand some police and surveillance powers.
More than 200 people were injured and one person died in Paris, the interior ministry said on Sunday, as Paris Saint-Germain won soccer’s Champions League for the second year in a row.
Mr. Lecorne said he would propose to Congress that the RIPOST bill be placed on the agenda the week of July 6th. He also said France was not doing enough to make perpetrators pay for what they destroyed, saying the cost of repairs was too often “charged to society.”
Lecorne said he urged ministers to quickly develop proposals to recover these amounts more effectively and to act in a “more coercive” manner, while also ruling out the suspension of welfare benefits. However, he continued his activities by using part of his benefits, excluding the minimum subsistence allowance, to pay for damages.
Similar scenes were seen in Paris after PSG’s semi-final win against Bayern Munich in Germany and last year’s Champions League final against Inter Milan.
