Disturbances and 127 arrests mar Paris party after PSG Champions League victory

Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez condemned the excesses and said there would be a very firm response to disturbances. He told Europe 1 radio, 'No disturbances will be tolerated' and warned of further unrest on the night PSG play Arsenal in Budapest at the end of the month.

Recently elected Paris Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire joined the celebrations after watching the match with hundreds of people, many of them children, at his headquarters in the Hôtel de Ville.

After PSG's 1-1 draw with Bayern Munich to reach the final in Budapest, celebrations spread across the Paris region. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said 127 people were arrested in the broader Paris region, including 107 in Paris, with 11 people hurt (one seriously) and 23 police officers injured. In central Paris, bins and some cars were set alight and tear gas was used to deter crowds near the Parc des Princes, with authorities thwarting an attempt to block the périphérique ring road. Photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand posted a video showing the Place de la Concorde exhibition panels overturned and many of the pictures vandalised. Grégoire joined celebrations at the Hôtel de Ville after watching the match with hundreds of people, many of them children.

The interior minister noted that more than 5,000 police were deployed in Paris ahead of last season's final, which was also in Munich, and PSG's Parc des Princes stadium was turned into a fan zone.

The article notes that Wednesday night's violence was far less serious than after PSG's victory in last season's Champions League final against Inter Milan, when hundreds of people were arrested and two people were killed in France in related incidents.