Overview

• Paris Saint-Germain routed Inter Milan 5-0 in the Champions League final in Monaco on June 1, triggering spontaneous fan gatherings across France.
• Riots in Paris, Grenoble and Dax led to 559 arrests as cars were torched, shops looted and fireworks launched at police.
• Two people were killed—a 17-year-old stabbed in Dax and a woman struck by a car while riding a scooter in Paris—and four others were seriously injured in a Grenoble crash.
• Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau deployed 5,400 police and gendarmes and demanded forceful action against what he described as ‘barbarian’ rioters.
• Despite the unrest, 110,000 fans attended a tightly controlled parade on the Champs-Élysées and the PSG squad was later received by President Macron at the Élysée Palace.