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With France on Highest Alert, Olympics Organizers Plan Opening Ceremony Along Seine Under Unprecedented Security Protocol
Paris Olympics organizers move forward with plans to host opening ceremony along the Seine despite security concerns
With France on its highest level of security alert amid geopolitical turmoil in Ukraine and the Middle East, organizers behind the Paris Olympics are still going ahead with ambitious plans to host the opening ceremony along the Seine river on July 26. Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, said on Monday in an interview with French outlets BFM TV and RMC that the opening ceremony could relocate to an indoor location “depending on our analysis of the context.” “We have fallback scenarios. Along with the opening ceremony on the Seine, the competitions will also be held at iconic Parisian landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, Versailles Palace and Place de la Concorde, as well as in sites across seven more cities in France and in Tahiti.
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