Paris Bolsters Security for World Cup Quarterfinals as Morocco, France Advance

The police headquarters wants to prevent any disturbances, especially in the Champs-Élysées area, the usual gathering place for supporters of the Blues, at the end of the matches between Morocco and Portugal and France and England, scheduled for this Saturday at 4pm and 8pm respectively. Thus, it announced in a press release the implementation of a public order and anti-crime device, to ensure the safety of property and people in Paris, in the inner suburbs, and in public transport. In total, "1,220 police and gendarmes" will be mobilized from 4pm on the Champs-Élysées avenue, it is specified.

To read:

"In order to prevent traffic congestion in the Champs-Élysées area, several access gates to Paris by the ring road will be closed from 6:30pm (Porte de la Muette, Porte Maillot, Porte des Ternes, Porte Dauphine)," the same source said. At the same time, police and gendarmes will patrol all Parisian train stations and stations, especially those usually used to reach the Champs-Élysées avenue. The police headquarters has also decided to implement specific vigilance on the RER A and line 1 between Charles-de-Gaulle Étoile and Châtelet (which includes the stations Charles de Gaulle Étoile, George V, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Champs-Élysées Clémenceau and Concorde). It also warns that "an adapted judicial processing system is also in place."