Emmanuel Macron wants to establish a “national sports festival” every September 14 – Libération

2024-09-13 17:02:09

On the eve of the great show of Olympic athletes on the Champs-Elysées, the President of the Republic announced this Friday, September 13, his desire to create an event comparable to the image of the Song of Songs.

Another legacy of the Olympics? Riding on the enthusiasm of the Games generated in the capital and throughout the country, Emmanuel Macron wants to establish a cause. “National Sports Conference” every year, on September 14, he announced this Friday, September 13 is an event with those everyday The Parisian. “We must come together around a famous sports festival, which takes place in the streets, schools, exclusive theaters. In our cities, our villages, our communities”it is specific, on the eve of a great parade of athletes from the Olympic and Paralympic Games on the Avenue des Champs-Elysées. Therefore, the annual celebration of September 14 will coincide with the date of this program.

In the same interview, Emmanuel Macron also welcomed the decision of the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, to leave the rings of the Olympic Games hanging on the Eiffel Tower, at least until the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, despite strong discipline. “It’s better not to take them off right away, right,” he said. It is enough to suggest that the State will give its consent to the declaration of Anne Hidalgo to maintain the rings until the next Olympic Games in four years, and “whether” pass.

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