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A Nations League football match between France and Israel will go ahead as planned in Paris next week despite the clashes that erupted in Amsterdam following a game between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax, the French interior minister said on Friday.
The game at the Stade de France on Thursday has been identified as a potential flashpoint but Bruno Retailleau said France would not “back down”.
“Some are calling for the France-Israel match to be relocated. I do not accept this,” Retailleau wrote on X.
“France is not backing down because that would amount to giving up in the face of threats of violence and anti-Semitism,” he added.
Retailleau said he had asked Paris police chief Laurent Nunez to take the necessary security measures for the match.
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