France Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has admitted that he is responsible for coordinating the security of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and the opening ceremony.
“Once a century, there is a guy who is unlucky, who is Minister of the Interior and who has to organise the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.” Darmanin said.
“And then, the opening ceremony outside a stadium, it’s once every 3,500 years since it has never existed.” he added.
France has seen very large for the launch pad of the Summer Olympics: this will take place on the Seine, in the open air, on July 26, 2024.
After the spectacular show of the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 and the opening ceremony with so British humor of the London Summer Olympics in 2012, Paris had no choice but to stand out by betting everything on decorum.
Embarked on a hundred barges, 10,500 athletes will descend the Seine over 6 km, from the Austerlitz bridge to the Trocadero. A river stroll in front of the most beautiful monuments of the capital and different heads of state.
The artistic director of the ceremony, Thomas Jolly, has carte blanche to dazzle the whole world. The security system will stem in part from his project, prepared in the greatest secrecy with the organising committee of the Games, the Cojo.
“My task is not the easiest since I am asked to protect events which are not yet precisely defined.” Darmanin said.
On dry land, it is the reception of the public on both sides of the course, ie 12 km, which promises to be tricky.
On the low quays, managed by the Cojo, 100,000 people are expected, those who have paid between 90 and 2,700 euros.
On the high quays, controlled by the Paris police headquarters, the town hall and the State, the fork is the subject of bitter discussions.
