By Le Figaro with AFP
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Rachida Dati Monday during a press conference to present artistic projects dedicated to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris. ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT / AFP
The Minister of Culture announced on Monday her desire to see a space dedicated to sport appear within the National Museum of the History of Immigration in Paris.
The Minister of Culture Rachida Dati wished Monday in Paris that a «lieu» dedicated to “great athletes from immigrant backgrounds” could see the light of day within the National Museum of the History of Immigration located in the capital.
“At the Porte Dorée Immigration Museum, one day we will perhaps be interested in having a place showing the link between immigration and sport, (dedicated to) all these great sportsmen from the immigration which brought to the prestige, influence and greatness of France”declared the minister during a press conference to present the artistic projects dedicated to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris.
In these fractured times, it is important that sport and culture come together.
Rachida Data
She hoped that the Olympics, “exceptional events for our country” this summer, may “irrigate all territories, for programming as close as possible to citizens”.
“In these fractured moments, it is important that sport and culture come together”to leave “a lasting material heritage of course, but also immaterial”did she say.
Asked about the budget of these projects called “cultural olympiads”Dominique Hervieu, the cultural director of Paris 2024, put it at 12.2 million euros for the organizing committee of the Olympic Games (Cojo).
Added to it “around twenty million euros” of the Ministry of Culture, at this stage, according to François Laurent, its Olympic delegate, including 9 million euros dedicated to “projects mainly in the territories” and the rest in additional credits (ministry operators and Drac).
The budget of the City of Paris is 8.5 million euros “to date”that of the Region of around 3 million and that of the department of Seine-Saint-Denis of 2 million, according to their representatives, present at the press conference.
The Cultural Olympiads include more than 2,000 artistic projects (works of art, dance, music, circus projects, fashion, theater, etc.) in mainland France and in the overseas territories.
