“What if we were just happy to host the biggest international event, is that possible?
» This assistant to Anne Hidalgo did not hide her great fatigue this week upon discovering the latest controversy over the Olympics.
At issue: the official poster for Paris 2024, on which neither tricolor flag nor Christian cross appears on the dome of Les Invalides.
The drawing “denies (…) French history”, tackles LR Éric Ciotti.
It marks “the great erasure of our identity”, castigates RN Jordan Bardella, blaming “macronism”.
In recent months, criticism of politicians from all sides targeting the organization of the Games has not known an Olympic truce.
“We are a country of spoiled children, nothing ever goes right,” sighs Olivier Dussopt, number 2 of Renaissance.
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