PARIS: Political upheaval in France won’t affect preparations for the Olympics, IOC President Thomas Bach and Paris 2024 organisers said on Monday aft...
Political upheaval in France won’t affect preparations for the Olympics, IOC President Thomas Bach and Paris 2024 organisers said on Monday after President Emmanuel Macron shocked France with his call for new parliamentary elections.
Voting rounds will be held on June 30 and July 7, the latter coming less than three weeks before the July 26-Aug 11 Olympics begin in Paris. “I have no indication whatsoever that this unity will break now only a couple of days before the Games open,“ said Bach, the head of the International Olympic Committee .Hidalgo said she was “having a hard time understanding” why Macron chose to throw the country into political uncertainty so close to the Games, calling the move “one more blow” by the president.
“There were around 10 elections since we launched the candidacy for the Olympics and we understood how to work with the public actors,“ he said.
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