Paris 2024: Macron, âplan B for opening ceremony in case of security risksâ
French President Emmanuel Macron announced that there is a âplan Bâ, even a âplan Câ for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games (from 26 July to 11 August) in case of security-related concerns about its conduct. If there is a threat, the opening ceremony will be âlimited to the Trocaderoâ or even the Stade de Francesaid the head of the ElysĂ©e interviewed by Bfmtv.
Parade currently planned along the Seine, it would be the first time an Olympic ceremony takes place outside a facility. âWe will have means of the information and intelligence services totally mobilized â explained Emmanuel Macron â we will establish an entire security perimeter around the ceremony from the previous days, even weeksâ and âthe police forces will be mobilized at an exceptional level â.
âWe will do a real-time analysisâ of the risks, he assured, explaining that âintelligence resourcesâ they will be âmobilityâ and that a âsecurity perimeter days in advanceâ.
The organizers had initially thought of an opening ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympics that would have welcomed 600,000 peoplemost of them free on the banks of the river, but logistical and security problems have led the government to progressively scale back its ambitions. In recent months the number of spectators has been halved and access will be by invitation only.
Paris 2024: Macron, âIsraeli and non-Russian athletes? Israel is defending itself
âWe cannot say that Israel is attacking. Israel was the victim of a terrorist attack and he is defending himself, respondingâ. Thus, in an interview with Bfmtv, the French president Emmanuel Macron commented on the decision to welcome Israeli athletes to the Paris 2024 Olympics and not Russian ones, unless under neutral flags. The difference between Russia and Israel, said the head of the ElysĂ©e, âis very differentâ.