Just over four months before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the controversies continue to rain down. The mascot, very ugly.

Transport, inevitably crowded. Security is impossible. The cost, too high. The architecture of the Olympic village, Stalinist. Even this poor official poster will have taken for its rank, which would not be sufficiently patriotic when the Olympic spirit is precisely universal. All that remains is to encourage enthusiasm, silence the disgruntled spirits who will never be convinced and start to get a taste for the Games.