100 days before the opening of the Paris 2024 Games, for the first time, France has announced the alternative, the “plan B” in the event of excessive security risks at the opening ceremony, scheduled on the Seine. In the case of a security “threat”, the July 26 ceremony will be “limited to the Trocadéro” or will take place “at the Stade de France”. President Emmanuel Macron announced that there is also a “plan C” for the opening ceremony, in case of security concerns about its holding. ”We will do a real-time analysis” of the risks, he assured him, explaining that ”intelligence resources” will be ”mobilized” and that a ”security perimeter” will be established days in advance ”. For months, French authorities have denied the existence of a plan B in the event of excessive risks for the ceremony in the heart of Paris.
Reassurance to listeners
Replying live, in an interview with RMC Sport and BFM TV, to a worried listener who was given the floor to ask a question to the president, Macron replied: “madam – said Macron – if there is a place where his son will be safe, he is there”, at the ceremony on the Seine on 26 July. Where “intelligence and information services assets will be deployed – continued Macron – which will be prepared days in advance”.
Macron wants a truce in the Olympic wars, he will ask China for help
The French president also said he was aiming for an Olympic truce during the Games, both for the war between Russia and Ukraine and for that between Israel and Hamas. “We will work on the Olympic truce,” he said, announcing that he will ask the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, who he will meet shortly, to “help” him on the issue.
Israel will be there because it is an “attack victim”
Macron also explained why Israeli athletes will be present at the Games. “We cannot say that Israel is attacking” he also told Bfmtv. “Israel was the victim of a terrorist attack and is responding,” she said, “Israel cannot be said to be an aggressor,” unlike Russia.
