Macron on Paris Olympics: “There are issues that need improvement”

“Even though we’ve been doing well so far, we don’t need to slack off. 500 days leftIn his speech to the Governorate of Paris and the capital region (Ile-de-France), 500 days before the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, Macron lamented.

In his speech at the end of his meeting with the Olympic Games Organizing Committee and representatives of the establishment forces, the President generally agreed that: there are “two or three issues” that need improvement, without further details. Macron refrained from addressing two issues that were widely criticized: security vulnerabilities It occurred during the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Stade de France in May 2022 and current crisis in parisaffected by the strike of garbage collectors, who left thousands of tons of waste uncollected.

The President referred to a certain indifference of part of the French people, especially Parisians, towards the Games and said that the event accessible as possible. Stating that the French state has already bought 400,000 tickets to donate to the youth and the disabled, Macron said, “We must encourage all people to get on our ship.”

Most of the tests will be held in the poor district of Saint-Denis, north of Paris. “We have an important job ahead of us in the next 500 days: to make it a really popular party and no disappointment or feeling of being left behind “By our compatriots,” he warned, referring to the residents of Saint-Denis. “Sometimes – Macron added – paradoxical situations can occur, such as those of neighbors who live a few hundred meters from worldwide events but do not have access to them and feel as far away as those on the other side of the planet.”

The French president also spoke of the “heritage” he wanted from these Olympic Games, and among others, Cleaning the Seine, which flows through Paris and the Marneon the outskirts of the city, until it is suitable for bathing.