Lecornu seeks July session to speed security bill after PSG unrest

Public disorder after Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League celebrations is now being used to justify a faster, tougher security agenda in France. Sébastien Lecornu said he will ask Emmanuel Macron to call an extraordinary parliamentary session in early July so the government can accelerate the RIPOST bill, a package aimed at everyday disorder and wider police powers.

The timing matters because the text is already well advanced. The Senate legislative dossier says an accelerated procedure was engaged on March 25, 2026, while the National Assembly’s dossier shows the bill was deposited on May 28, 2026 and adopted by the Senate on May 26, 2026. That means Lecornu is not starting from scratch. He is pushing to move the bill more quickly through the National Assembly after the PSG celebrations turned destructive in Paris and other cities.

The Interior Ministry says RIPOST is divided into nine policy areas, covering nitrous oxide misuse, drugs, fireworks mortars, squatters in short-term rentals, motorbike stunts, festive disorder, organized crime, technology and legal tools, and the security continuum. The bill would expand certain police and surveillance powers, and Lecornu has framed it as a response to offenses that leave the public to pay the bill when damage is done.

That argument has gained force because the celebrations left a real toll. The interior ministry said the PSG unrest caused more than 200 injuries and one death in Paris. Reuters reported that more than 700 people were detained nationwide on the night of the celebrations, including more than 200 in Paris alone, and later reporting put the total number of arrests at 890 across France. The fatality was described as a man in his twenties killed in a motorbike crash in the capital.

Macron condemned the violence after the celebrations, adding political pressure for a sharper response. Lecornu said France does not do enough to make offenders pay for the damage they cause, arguing that repair costs too often fall on society. He ruled out suspending welfare benefits, but floated the idea of using part of benefit payments, excluding the minimum living allowance, to help finance compensation for damage.

The broader warning for France is that a flashpoint can quickly become a legislative lever. RIPOST was already in motion before the PSG unrest, but the violence has given the government a chance to sell it as urgent, broadening a public safety bill into a durable security response that could outlast the immediate crisis. The Interior Ministry also says misuse of nitrous oxide has risen in recent years and can cause serious injury or death, giving the bill another strand beyond the football-related unrest that triggered the latest push.