Around 2,000 foreign soldiers and police officers will be deployed as reinforcements to secure the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. France is on maximum alert in the face of the threat of attacks, the French Minister of the Armed Forces announced on Friday.
Poland announced at the end of March that it would send military and police reinforcements, without specifying the number. Nearly 45,000 police officers and gendarmes will be mobilized in Ile-de-France for the unprecedented opening ceremony on the Seine on July 26. According to the latest figures, 18,000 French soldiers will also intervene during the Games, including 3,000 airmen, in addition to some 35,000Police and g endarmes for the opening ceremony of the Games on July26 in Paris. The Games will be held at the Parc des Princes in Paris from July 26 to July 28. The opening ceremony will be followed by the closing ceremony on July 28, with the Games lasting until July 29.