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The mayor of the capital declared in “Ouest-France” that the decision to perpetuate the IOC logo on the Iron Lady “is up to him”. A legally questionable assertion.
The deal seems to be done: the Eiffel Tower should keep, between its first and second floors, the Olympic rings installed at the start of the 33rd Olympiad of the Modern Games, held in the French capital from July 26 to August 11.
The announcement was made by the mayor of Paris on Saturday in West France. “It’s a beautiful idea to combine the Eiffel Tower, a monument designed to be ephemeral for a universal exhibition, with the Games, an ephemeral moment that will also have marked Paris and our country. I want the two to remain married,” she announced to our colleagues. Before adding: “I wrote to the President of the Republic, because it is part of our national cultural heritage. But as mayor of Paris, the decision is mine and I have the agreement of the IOC. So yes, the Olympic rings will remain on the Eiffel Tower.”
Concretely, the current rings, considered too heavy, would be dismantled, and replaced by rings of the same size, but lighter, in order to resist the winter winds. But these latter would be, according to the first magistrate of the capital, “installed in the same place on the Eiffel Tower”.
“Resolve all legal and technical issues”
Can the mayor of Paris, however, make this decision alone? Is it really a choice that she can make? “comes back” ? Requested by CheckNews, his entourage tempers. “The City of Paris wishes to take all the time necessary to ensure this sustainability under the best possible conditions, explains the team of
