What are the consequences of the State of Emergency in France for sports-related tourists?
France is planning to extend the State of Emergency following the November 2015 terrorist attacks by 2 months, until at least the 26th of July. This means that both UEFA EURO 2016 and the 103d edition of the Tour de France will be held under this State.
How will this affect anyone who plans to attend one of these events as a spectator?
Best Answer
Not much. I would expect extensive security measures around these events and that might create delays or inconvenience but that's not related to the state of emergency per se.
Legally speaking, what the state of emergency allows is home searches by the police outside of the regular procedure (i.e. without judicial oversight), forcing named people to present themselves several times a day to the police and a few other things that visitors have no reason to notice.
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