Liverpool West Derby MP Ian Byrne has written to the French president demanding an official apology following a Senate report into the Champions League final, reports the Liverpool Echo.
Mr Byrne has penned an official request to Emmanuel Macron calling for a formal apology from the French government. A French Senate report published on Wednesday, July 13 said fans were not to blame and documented a catalogue of failings from the French authorities.
Fans at the Stade de France for the match between Liverpool FC and Real Madrid were crushed at the turnstiles, tear gassed by police, and robbed and assaulted by locals in Saint Denis. Mr Byrne, who attended the match, said: "I have not witnessed such a hostile environment at a football match since I was present at Hillsborough in 1989."
The following weeks saw a number of claims, proven to be untrue by the Senate report, made by high-ranking members of the French Government. Sports minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra and interior minister Gérald Darmanin said "30-40,000" Liverpool fans with fake tickets tried to enter the Stade de France.
But the Senate report found it "unfair to have tried to blame the Liverpool team's supporters for the disturbances that occurred...in order to divert attention from the state's inability to adequately manage crowds".