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Emmanuel Macron Thursday on Olympic sites and at a charity football match

2021-10-12T12:26:52.936Z


Emmanuel Macron will visit several sites of the Olympics-2024 on Thursday, including that of the Olympic village in Seine-Saint-Denis, before putting on crampons to ...


Emmanuel Macron will visit several sites of the Olympics-2024 on Thursday, including that of the Olympic village in Seine-Saint-Denis, before putting on crampons to participate in a charity football match with the Variety Club of France, announced Tuesday the Elysium.

This trip will be devoted to the "

preparation

" of the Olympics, "

the question of their heritage as well as the place of sport and sports practice in our country

", explained the presidency.

The Head of State is expected in the morning in Tremblay-en-France (Seine-Saint-Denis) to visit a new city-stadium, "

the opportunity to take stock of the deployment of local sports infrastructure

" , according to the Elysee.

During a ceremony in honor of the medalists of the Tokyo Games on September 13, he indicated that he would announce "

in the coming weeks a massive plan for local sports facilities

", referring to "

several thousand fields of basketball

”,“

dojos

”,“

skateparks

”,“

swimming pools

”. He will then move on Thursday to the Olympic Village site in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, for "

a progress report on the progress of the project and the proper implementation of the environmental and social performance clauses

".

Then he will go to the headquarters of the Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (OCOG), in Saint-Denis, in the company of Prime Minister Jean Castex, ministers Jean-Michel Blanquer (Education and Sports), Barbara Pompili (Ecological transition ), Elisabeth Borne (Work), Roxana Maracineanu (Sports), Emmanuelle Wargon (Housing) and Sophie Cluzel (Handicap).

Emmanuel Macron has set the French sports world the goal of targeting 80 medals in 2024, much more than the 33 obtained at the Tokyo Olympics, so that France is in the World Top 5.

At the end of the afternoon, Emmanuel Macron, declared fan of OM, is expected in Poissy (Yvelines), whose mayor Karl Olive claims his proximity to the Head of State, to participate in the gala match marking the 50th anniversary of the Variétés Club de France.

Disputed against the team of caregivers of the intercommunal hospital center of Poissy Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the proceeds will be given to the Fondation Hôpitaux de Paris-Hôpitaux de France, chaired by his wife Brigitte.

In particular, the 1998 world champions Laurent Blanc, Christian Karembeu and Robert Pires, the former Blues Alain Giresse and Dominique Rocheteau, and the tennis player Richard Gasquet are announced.

Source: lefigaro

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