Morocco World Cup curfew French cities under-16s

Toulouse is following Clermont-Ferrand’s lead. Recent incidents and acts of vandalism that occurred after Paris-SG’s Champions League triumph prompted authorities to crack down. Facing a rise in juvenile delinquency in France’s fourth-largest city, Mayor Jean-Luc Moudenc validated, in consultation with the prefecture, a flexible local regulation to anticipate further urban violence.

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This circulation restriction prohibits the presence of unaccompanied adolescents under 16 in the city center streets between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. The measure will activate specifically during sporting events considered sensitive. Besides France’s matches and Tunisia-Netherlands, the Moroccan players’ encounters against Brazil, Scotland and Haiti are directly targeted. The mayor specifies that the system will be "applied with discretion," with the ultimate goal of "protecting citizens and minors."

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Despite this security tightening, football fans will have a supervised celebration space. A giant fan zone will be set up on the forecourt of the Stadium, home of Toulouse Football Club. This secured perimeter can accommodate up to 18,000 spectators, but access will be exclusively reserved for evenings when the French team plays, and only from the quarter-final stage onwards.