Macron announced that the opening ceremony of the Games had a plan B and C

The president of France, Emmanuel Macronrevealed this Monday the Alternative plans for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics: limit it in space or hold it at the Stade de Francealthough it was shown convinced that it could be carried out on the waters of the Seine despite the terrorist threat.

Although Macron has assured in the past that there are other options for the inauguration ceremony, this is the first time he has specified the scenarios being considered.

“The ceremony we are planning is a world first. We can do it and we will do it (…) But We have plans B and plans C and we prepare them in parallel“he said in an interview on BFMTV television.

Macron identified the two, perform the ceremony in the Trocadero gardenswhich in the preliminary plan will be the last point of the parade of delegations along the Seine, or take it to the Stade de France in Saint Deniswhich will host athletics.

The French president noticed that They did not face the situation “naive”but “know” in threats that burden that ceremony.

“We are not minimizing the situation, the world is in chaos, we have a war in Europe (in Ukraine), we see what is happening in the Middle East, that there is a terrorist threat. But we are preparing to face it, with transparency,” Macron said.

He pointed out that the deployment of the police was unprecedented and, due to the doubts of a viewer whether he should allow his son to attend that ceremony, he assured that “there is no safer place“.

Macron noticed that Anti-terrorist surveillance is absolute and this is done in coordination with other countries, which will oversee their own delegations but will also share information with France to prevent attacks.

“We are permanently cooperating with our counterparts, in terms of intelligence and information,” he assured.

In that sense, he indicated that “a few months ago an attempted attack on Strasbourg was foiled the same people ordered to make an attack on Moscow” at the end of March.

Macron presented himself convinced that during the Games there will be “an Olympic truce” which allows the sporting event to develop calmly, where will ask Chinese President Xi Jiming for cooperationwho is about to travel to Paris.

The president remembered that Russian athletes can participate without a flag and justified not making the same decision to the Israelis, as some organizations demand in retaliation for their actions in Gaza.

“Russia has committed aggression in Ukraine. Israel is the victim of a terrorist attack. “It is true that, in response to this, they are bombing Gaza and killing civilians, so we are calling for a ceasefire,” he explained.

“But We cannot say that Israel is an aggressor and that is an important difference (with Russia) and that’s why their athletes are with their flag in the Games, which I hope will be a vector of peace,” he emphasized.

Faced with the survey indicating that Only 55% of the French seem involved in the GamesMacron is convinced that participation will increase and set the date for May 8, when the Olympic torch arrives in the country and begins a journey through 460 cities.

“Eventually, the whole country will be proud“said the president, who indicated that the Games will leave “a great legacy” in the country, such as the sanitation of the waters of the Seine, the rehabilitation of depressed neighborhoods or some sports infrastructure.

Unions have called or threatened to call strikes in various sectors, such as public transport, during the Games, but Macron has expressed his “confidence” in union organizations to prevent further stoppages. this.

“I tell the unions that France needs to show that it knows how to organize the Games, while respecting rights. “I ask for Olympic truce, I trust them, in their sense of responsibility,” he said.