Overview
- Interior minister Laurent Nuñez announced a nationwide deployment of 90,000 police and gendarmes for the night of December 31 and reiterated instructions for “firmness” and rapid interventions.
- About 10,000 police, gendarmes and Sentinelle troops will secure Paris and nearby suburbs at major gathering points including the Champs-Élysées, the Eiffel Tower area, Les Halles and Montmartre.
- Officials identified two main concerns in the capital: the threat of a terrorist attack and the risk of dangerous crowd movement on the Champs-Élysées after a near-miss last year.
- Territorial intelligence reports fewer urban-violence incidents than in 2024 but increased use of pyrotechnic mortars, and prefectural orders restrict retail fuel and fireworks sales.
- Recent celebrations linked to CAN fixtures produced brief disturbances in Toulouse, Marseille, Lille and Roubaix, and authorities plan heightened monitoring around further matches.