220,000 free places for the ceremony distributed to a “more social” audience, says Gérald Darmanin

Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin clarified the terms of the opening of the Paris Olympic Games. 326,000 people will be there for the ceremony, along the Seine, in July. Guest of France 2 on Tuesday March 5, the minister gave details of the 220,000 free places for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games on July 26. Gérald Darmanin had announced earlier before the Senate that the spectator gauge would be set at 326,000 spectators, including 104,000 paying spectators.

“More social”

“It is the City of Saint-Denis, the City of Saint-Ouen, the departmental council of Seine-Saint-Denis, the town hall of Paris… which will allow children in schools, people in municipal centers social action, etc. to come to this ceremony”said Gérald Darmanin.

Asked about a draw, the Minister of the Interior considered that this process “would have been to the disadvantage of a more social public”. “You have to know during the day to be able to register on the internet, to understand how it all works, it seems to me that there are audiences very far from that and that it is more social to do what we do today “he justified.