Paris Police Prefect Michel Cadot announced on Monday the city obtained “supplemental forces from the Ministry of the Interior” allowing it to address Euro 2016 with "less anxiety than before," according to LE MONDE. Adding to the 10,000 police officers already present in Ile-de-France, more than 3,000 supplemental officers “will be assigned to secure the competition, which starts Friday.” Cadot said, “We are well beyond 3,000 additional staff for the start of the Euro and the number will grow starting mid-June.” Cadot is in charge of security “for the Stade de France and Parc des Princes, the Champ-de-Mars and Saint-Denis fan zones, a base camp, the four hotels players will be using, the two hotels for UEFA and of the international communication center.” Originally, 10,000 police officers were to “secure Paris and Saint-Denis during the month of the competition.” In a letter to the Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve dated May 26, Cadot “pleaded for the closure of the Champ-de-Mars fan zone during certain match days,” citing the “exhaustion” of overstretched police forces. When asked about the letter Cadot said, “Mr. Cazeneuve gave me what I expected in terms of a response. … Today I cannot tell you this is a climate of serenity, because we in a period of tension and high safety requirements. I consider the means that were allocated to the prefecture of police and the security plans in place …, all address the concerns that I expressed in a setting that was not necessarily intended to be public” (LE MONDE, 6/6). 20 MINUTES reported France President François Hollande said that Euro 2016 security threats “exist” and the threats “will last a long time.” Hollande: “We must take all the precautions necessary so that Euro 2016 is a success.” Hollande also said that “no one knows” if the strikes facing the transportation industry in France will “prevent spectators from getting to the stadiums" (20 MINUTES, 6/5).
