escalated into riots<\/a>, looting, arson, and violent clashes with police.<\/p>\nAccording to French authorities, between 780 and 890 people were arrested nationwide, while at least 219 civilians and between 57 and 178 police officers were injured. Several shops were vandalized, cars and bicycles were set on fire, and one group reportedly attempted to storm a police station in Paris. At least one person died during the unrest, while several others suffered serious injuries. French authorities deployed around 22,000 police officers nationwide.<\/p>\n
French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the violence as \u2018unspeakable\u2019, declaring that France was \u2018fed up\u2019 with such scenes and promising that authorities would be \u2018ruthless with those who have been caught\u2019. Interior Minister Laurent Nu\u00f1ez stated that the situation had been \u2018largely brought under control\u2019, while acknowledging that disturbances had occurred in around 15 cities.<\/p>\n
Leader of the right-wing anti-immigration National Rally (RN) Marine Le Pen stated that \u2018only in France does a football club\u2019s victory spark riots\u2019, while \u00cele-de-France regional president Val\u00e9rie P\u00e9cresse denounced the \u2018brainless thugs\u2019 who had tarnished the image of both Paris and France.<\/p>\n
According to footage circulating on social media, many of the rioters appeared to be either migrants or individuals of immigrant background. In one viral recording, African migrants filmed themselves celebrating near the Arc de Triomphe while claiming they had conquered France \u2018faster than the German Army in 1940\u2019, mockingly chanting Marine Le Pen\u2019s name and boasting that they now \u2018own the city\u2019.<\/p>\n
The footage from Paris prompted users to revisit the Commission\u2019s 7 May post in order to mock what many described as Brussels\u2019 enormous own goal. Numerous users sarcastically reposted the meme alongside real footage from the riots, arguing that what Brussels had dismissed as a dystopian fantasy had instead become reality. \u2018The conspiracy theorists were right again,\u2019 one widely shared reply stated, while another user wrote: \u2018Turns out the tinfoil hat was actually a crystal ball.\u2019<\/p>\n
Others accused the Commission of being detached from everyday concerns, posting comments such as \u2018Europeans can see Paris with their own eyes\u2019 and \u2018This aged like milk in record time.\u2019 One user jokingly suggested that the Commission had accurately predicted PSG\u2019s Champions League victory a month in advance.<\/p>\n
Similarly, identical scenes unfolded last year after PSG won its first-ever Champions League title. At the time, more than 500 people were arrested across France, hundreds of vehicles were set on fire, widespread clashes broke out with police, and at least two people lost their lives during the celebrations.<\/p>\n
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