Thread by @_Dan_Austin

NEW: Paris chief of police Didier Lallement is set to be removed from his job, in part due to his handling of the carnage at the Stade de France.

This would be a significant victory for Liverpool supporters who have fought to show the truth, and for the safety of anyone in Paris

Earlier today in a greater Paris region council meeting, centre-right president of Ile-de-France Valérie Pécresse spoke about him in the past tense as though he was already gone.

Socalist mayor Anne Hidalgo deplored Lallement for not even turning up to the meeting.

Lallement was appointed in 2019 and has been deeply unpopular ever since. Unclear as yet if he will be sacked or forced into 'early retirement.'

Still a long way to go to ensure everyone responsible is held to account, but this would be a great bit of progress.

Lallement was supposed to attend the Council meeting today, as he normally would, but told members he had Covid. When advised to attend via video link, he refused.

Quotes from Valérie Pécresse in the article below.

cnews.fr/france/2022-07…

Quotes from Hidalgo are in the one below.

Rumours about his departure have circulated for a long time, and he has been widely protested against in Paris, but his handling of the UCL final and creation of the ludicrous 40,000 seems to have hastened it.

bfmtv.com/paris/conseil-…

Neither of the reports contain a definitive timeframe for Lallement's exit, so it seems they are sorting out when and how to do it.

Gérald Darmanin was asked repeatedly in a recent interview to clarify if Lallement would stay. He didn't and said "we must change the organisation"

To be clear, not a simple case of: handling of the match = sacked.

Lallement's awful record and age means his position was uncertain anyway. But it now seems the tide has turned against him, and Darmanin's refusal to back him over of what happened at the final is playing a part.