Fearing excesses, the governor of the Oise, Corinne Orzechowski, has banned the sale and consumption of alcohol on public roads during this weekend of the World Cup in Qatar, where the matches of Croatia, Morocco, Argentina and France will take place. I made an order to that effect.
The Morocco-Croatia match for the small final scheduled for next Saturday and the France-Argentina match for the grand final scheduled for Sunday “is likely to lead to several demonstrations that are likely to create material disturbance and seriously harm people’s safety,” considers the Oise Prefecture, which plays the prevention card.
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The decree banning the sale and consumption of alcohol on public roads during the World Cup weekend applies from Saturday 17 to Sunday 18 December from 5pm to 9pm. In detail, the ban relates to the distribution, transportation, sale, purchase and use of fireworks, hydrochloric and sulfuric acid, fuel, soda, soda chloride, alcohol for burning, solvents, Acto.
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On a national level, 12,840 police will be mobilized across the territory this weekend for the mini final while 14,000 police and gendarmes will be on the ground for the grand final. At the provincial level, the number of police forces to be deployed in the Oise is about 300 or 400.
