“It’s a psychological brake on swimming”: in Paris, a plan to reduce waste in the Seine

2023-07-08 06:10:15

The suspense will end this Sunday. Anne Hidalgo, the mayor (PS) of Paris, will reveal the sites where Parisians will be able to bathe in the Seine in 2025. Because the challenge has been met. The quality of the river water will finally make it possible to dive there, thirty-seven years after the promise made by Jacques Chirac. Several projects have been launched to clean up as part of a vast plan to 1.4 billion euros. But will we really want it? The current situation leaves room for doubt.