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Exactly one month before the opening ceremony, the organizers want to be reassuring about the “biggest event in the world”. But behind the scenes, we recognize that the Games are overshadowed by the legislative elections and we fear a recovery by the far right.
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Who could have predicted, ten years ago when propelling the French Olympic bid or seven when Paris won the holy grail, that the Olympics would ultimately rhyme with Michel Cadot? His tall, well-dressed and slightly stooped figure is a landmark in the political storm caused by the dissolution of the Assembly five weeks before the Paris Games. Michel Cadot has been the brain, the hand and the eye of the State on Paris 2024 for four years since he has been interministerial delegate in charge of organizing the Games (Dijop). “Given the period, he is the one who embodies the continuity of the post-July 7 period,” date of the second round of early legislative elections, says a source within the organizing committee (Cojo). Since June 9, among all the institutions responsible for organizing the Games – Dijop, Ile-de-France prefecture, Paris police headquarters, Paris town hall – the facade discourse has been the same: “Not even bad, we manage.”
The project is too “ripe to be denatured”, we can be reassured at Pulse, the Cojo headquarters in Saint-Denis. In the fall, during the Rugby World Cup, the decisions taken in the final rush consisted of confirming the children’s choir to sing the Marseillaise and validating the choice of chocolate bars in the locker rooms. In other words,
