Paris Olympics 2024: “In a gesture of mistreatment of the French, the President spoils the party”, Anne Hidalgo charges Macron and his dissolution

The mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo alongside Tony Estanguet, president of Cojo. MAXPPP – Alexis Sciard

The mayor of Paris nevertheless assures that the Olympics will be "a great celebration".

Emmanuel Macron takes the risk, by provoking an "election decided at short notice" so close to the Olympic Games, "damage this beautiful moment" and < em>"spoil the party", accuses the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, Wednesday in an interview with Ouest-France.

The sudden dissolution of the National Assembly announced by the Head of State on the evening of June 9 should lead on Sunday July 7 to the definition of a new balance at the Palais Bourbon. The color of the government that will emerge, less than three weeks before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, remains uncertain.

"In a gesture of mistreatment of the French, the President spoils the party", denounced the' socialist councilor with the regional daily. "It's the coming together of humanity around sport. Why spoil this beautiful moment with this election decided at short notice, without consulting anyone?", she deplores.

Moment of harmony or discord

"My responsibility (…) (is) to do everything possible" so that the Games are "a moment of harmony, of celebration and not of violence", underlines Ms. Hidalgo . If the election results allowed the National Rally, leading in the polls, and Jordan Bardella to gain access to Matignon, the latter would not be in "any photo" with the elected socialist, warns Ms. Hidalgo.

Paris is ready to host its Games and the Olympic celebration

"The Prime Minister has no role in the organization and running of the Olympic Games", justifies the councilor. Until then and whatever emerges from the legislative elections, Anne Hidalgo wants to be reassuring about the holding of the Olympics: "Paris is ready to host its Games and the Olympic celebration". "Everything is already organized, everyone is at their post", assures the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, in an interview with Le Parisien on Wednesday.

According to him, "there will be no particular difficulty, unless someone decides to question this organization or does not trust the prefects, police officers or gendarmes."