France 1 / Europe 1 interview with Matthieu Valet, RN spokesperson and MEP, focused almost entirely on the violence after PSG’s Champions League win and the state response to public-order failures. Valet argued the scale of injuries, arrests, and unrest shows the operation was not a success, that the police deployment was insufficient or badly calibrated, and that the government is too lenient on disorder and too reluctant to confront immigration and social integration issues he says are connected to the violence. He then pivoted to narcotrafficking, claiming France is losing ground to organized crime and that the current institutional setup is not strong enough.
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This is a long political interview, not a market transcript in the usual sense, but it is structured around two domestic security themes: the violence after PSG’s Champions League victory and the spread of narcotrafficking. Matthieu Valet, presented by the host as an MEP and RN spokesperson, argues that the PSG celebrations exposed a serious public-order failure and that the state’s response was insufficient, both tactically on the street and strategically in how it thinks about disorder. On the PSG violence, Valet rejects the government line that the police deployment “globally worked.” He emphasizes the scale of the damage: more than 890 arrests, one death, 219 injured, and 178 police/gendarmes injured. He says the police were deployed in too small a force or with the wrong tools: not enough helicopters, special units, canons à eau, vehicles, shields, or protective equipment. …
Tactically, the interview is pushing a hardline security reaction to the PSG violence, so the immediate risk is more political escalation than market impact. The near-term catalyst is whether the government is seen to tighten policing or gets blamed for under-deployment.
Over the next few weeks, the story likely evolves into a broader debate on policing doctrine, urban disorder, and anti-drug enforcement. The base case in Valet’s framing is more centralization and tougher security language unless the state can show concrete containment.
Structurally, the interview argues France is entering a more durable internal-security stress regime, with recurring disorder and more organized criminal networks. The long-run implication is a move toward more coercive policing and deeper institutional restructuring, especially around intelligence and judicial police.
The PSG celebration night was not a success and amounted to a major public-order failure.
He cites injuries, arrests, and damaged public order as evidence the operation was not successful.
The police deployment was too small or too poorly equipped for the scale of the unrest.
He repeatedly says there were not enough specialized units, helicopters, water cannons, shields, or vehicles.
France should not get used to repeated episodes of mass violence around major events.
He rejects normalization of these incidents and frames them as unacceptable recurring disorder.
En tant qu'ancien policier, est-ce que le dispositif pour la finale du PSG a globalement bien fonctionné comme le dit Laurent Nuñez ?
Mathieu Valallet estime que c'était un dispositif XXL pour un carnage XXL. Il cite 178 policiers et gendarmes blessés, dont une policière opérée et un policier percuté par un véhicule. Il dit qu'on ne peut pas parler de réussite avec un tel bilan et qu'Emmanuel Macron doit honorer ces policiers.
Faut-il s'habituer à ces chiffres de violences après chaque événement ?
Valallet répond qu'il n'est pas pour qu'on s'habitue. Il compare le dispositif de 22 000 policiers avec les 90 000 du 31 décembre, et explique que le problème est stratégique et non arithmétique. Il dit qu'il manquait des Sentors, des hélicoptères, des canons à eau, et que des effectifs n'avaient ni casques ni boucliers en nombre suffisant.
Est-ce que le ministre de l'Intérieur se trompe sur les causes profondes des violences ?
Valallet répond d'abord 'Non', puis nuance en disant que le problème était que tout n'a pas été engagé comme les Sentors (pourtant à 20 minutes de Paris) et les canons à eau. Il affirme que son parti l'avait proposé avant et qu'on ne peut pas dire qu'ils se délectent de la situation.
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