The Olympic Games are often the gateway to expensive madness.
From Athens to Tokyo, via London and Rio, the latest editions have all blown the planned budgets, and cost taxpayers dearly.
Would the Paris 2024 Games be synonymous with proud madness?
Many people think and say it.
Not because of the gigantic equipment to be built, but because of the sheer scale of the opening ceremony.
How can we ensure the security of the parade of delegations of athletes, which will not take place in a stadium, but on the Seine, between the Pont d'Austerlitz and the Trocadéro?
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An attack can come from anywhere, from a drone, from a terrorist hiding on a roof or in a nearby building.
Emmanuel Macron and Anne Hidalgo – for once in agreement – wanted this grandiose parade, but the administration is tearing its hair out.
The spectator gauge, initially planned for 600,000 people, has already been corrected twice, to be reduced to 300,000...
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