The biggest concern of the French Government regarding the preparation of the Paris Olympic Games, which will begin only one month from now, They are not so much prepared as the possible consequences of the legislative elections in France, and in particular the incidents of ultra groups.
“It is a threat, a danger we are preparing for“, recognized this Wednesday the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castera, in an interview with the France 2 television channel.
The head of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, is organizing a meeting today with those responsible for the Police and Gendarmerie as well as the secret services so that “not only will the two rounds of the vote be held in a free and democratic way , but also for that everyone respects the results of the polls.”
In another interview published by Le Parisien on Tuesday, Darmanin acknowledged that His particular concern is the night of the results of the legislative elections, June 30 and July 7as the secret services warned of the danger of riots from the extreme right but also from the extreme left.
Oudéa-Castéra also expressed concern about possible changes in the management of the Games depending on the new Government that appears in the polls, considering that the extreme right National Rally (RN) is the favorite in the polls.
The minister noted, in any case, that the RN candidate for prime minister, Jordan Bardella, “he said he wouldn’t change anything on the device.”
Similarly, Darmanin said that in the organization of the Games “there will not be any particular difficulty unless someone decides to question” the device prepared by the current Executive and confidence is withdrawn from the prefects, Police and Gendarmerie : ” Only in that case, something will go wrong.”
Regarding the opening ceremony on July 26, which for the first time will not take place in a stadium but in an open space, specifically in the middle of the Seine River as it passes through Paris, Plans will only be changed in case of extraordinary circumstances.
In particular, the head of the Interior specified that this would take place “in the event of extreme poverty or a threat such as the Seine flood or terrorist attack.” For those situations, work continues with a ceremony that will be different.
He assured that his services were not aware of any specific threat, beyond the possible attack against the demolished football stadium in the city of Saint Étienne, although he admitted that the terrorist threat “remains particularly high”, especially from the branch of the Islamist State. which claimed responsibility for the attacks in Moscow at the end of March.
To ensure the safety of people involved in the organization of the Paris Olympic Games, the French authorities conducted 552,642 investigations and 2,720 people were excluded because of doubts about them.
Among these people 304 appeared in the files of the secret services for possible links to ultra-right groups (54), to ultra-left groups (104) or to Islamic fundamentalism (146). In addition, another 579 were ruled out due to the risk of foreign interference.
Source: La Verdad
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