Security is the number one priority

More than 60.000 police officers across France are expected on the ground to secure the European championship next month. The authorities are taking this thing seriously after the deadly attack last November in Paris. 'We are doing everything to avoid a terrorist attack, and we are preparing to respond.' are some of the comments by the interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve for the L'Equipe newspaper. He also said that security inside the stadiums are UEFA's responsibility while fan zones, which seven million people are expected to be present in ten host cities, are in hands of private security agents. 'Fan zones are secure spaces, I took the decision to impose security pat-downs at entrances, to use metal detectors and to ban bags inside. If there were no fan zones, fans would regroup in an ad-hoc setting and the risk (of an attack) would be greater' said the minister.