(ANSA) - PARIS, OCTOBER 14 - Shortly before wearing jersey and shoes to participate in a charity match in the afternoon, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, today announced a "huge acceleration" to "put sport at the center of the nation" by the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with the construction of 5,000 facilities and proximity equipment.
For this objective, approximately 200 million euros will be allocated, of which 100 million already from 2022, confirmed the head of the state, a few months before the presidential elections in April. Although not yet a candidate for reconfirmation, Macron has been multiplying the announcements related to new investments in recent days: from sports to industry and so on. Today, in the company of another candidate for the Elysée, the current socialist mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, visited the construction site of the future Olympic village in Seine-Saint-Denis, in the north of the capital. Paying homage to "teamwork", he spoke to several workers at the shipyard which extends over 50 hectares and is expected to be completed in December 2023. At 5.15pm he then entered the field for a charity match organized in Poissy.The French leader, a huge fan of Olympique Marseille (Om), wore the colors of the 'Variétés Club de France', a team that brings together old glories of the Bleus and beyond and played in midfield, together with the former Roma coach, Rudy Garcia, against local training, made up of the health staff of the inter-municipal hospital in Poissy Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The proceeds from the match will be donated to the Fondation Hôpitaux in Paris. (HANDLE).composed of the health staff of the inter-municipal hospital of Poissy Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The proceeds from the match will be donated to the Fondation Hôpitaux in Paris. (HANDLE).composed of the health staff of the inter-municipal hospital of Poissy Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The proceeds from the match will be donated to the Fondation Hôpitaux in Paris. (HANDLE).