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The editorial of Le Figaro: "Combating delinquency, the other Olympic challenge"

2023-02-27T19:52:19.114Z


By Yves Thréard, deputy editorial director. In 514 days, France will vibrate to the rhythm of the Summer Olympics. Some 4 billion viewers will then have their eyes glued to her. Our country will play its image and its reputation. The magic of dating can indeed turn into a nightmare. The precedent of the murderous Munich hostage-taking is in everyone's mind. The exceptional opening ceremony, organized on July 26, 2024 on the Seine, is alread


In 514 days, France will vibrate to the rhythm of the Summer Olympics.

Some 4 billion viewers will then have their eyes glued to her.

Our country will play its image and its reputation.

The magic of dating can indeed turn into a nightmare.

The precedent of the murderous Munich hostage-taking is in everyone's mind.

The exceptional opening ceremony, organized on July 26, 2024 on the Seine, is already giving cold sweats to all security experts.

Such an event usually takes place in a closed enclosure, with tightly controlled access.

The reception of the Olympics should not be a godsend for the troublemakers

It is then the choice to host more than a quarter of the events and to house the 15,000 athletes as well as foreign journalists in Seine-Saint-Denis which worries.

The endemic delinquency which rages in this department, at the rate of 37 attacks per day, would even have every reason to multiply with the presence of millions of visitors appearing as so many prey.

The Stade de France episode, during…

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