Macron has confirmed alternative plans, proposing a ceremony limited to the area around the Place du Trocadero, next to the Eiffel Tower, or even returning to a traditional format and carrying out all events at the Stade de France.
The President of France, Emmanuel Macronadmitted on Monday that authorities are already working on it alternative plans for the inauguration of the Olympic Games Paris in case there is one high risk of terrorist attacks and it is not safe to organize it in the Seine, where in principle the parade of delegations will take place.
For the first time, the organization plans to take this symbolic ceremony out of a stadium and into the heart of the city, with a river parade on July 26 that will kick off weeks of sports. France, however, is participating maximum anti-terror alert since March, after the jihadist attack on an auditorium on the outskirts of Moscow.
“There are plans B and plans C,” Macron said in an interview with BFM TV and RMC, proposing a ceremony limited to the area around Trocadero Square, next to the Eiffel Tower, or even returning to a traditional format. and run all events at the Stade de France.
However, the President has stressed that “it is worth it” to make all the preparations for this event to take place in the Seine and has stressed that the French authorities are working to ensure that all events surrounding the Olympic Games are safe. The analysis, he explained, is done “in real time.”
Source: EITB

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