Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, Minister of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, was the guest of “8:30 am franceinfo”, Tuesday July 26. She answered questions from Lorrain Sénéchal and Neïla Latrous.
JO: “The specifications will have to be revised downwards a little” because of inflation
“You have to be clear about the fact that the specifications [des Jeux olympiques et paralympiques de Paris en 2024] will have to be a little contracted, a little revised downwards“said Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra on Tuesday.The Organizing Committee budget was based on an inflation assumption of 1.4%. So, when we are rather close to 5.8%, there is obviously an adjustment to be made“, she said. The total budget for the organization of the Paris Olympics is eight billion euros.
The arrival of the Tour de France “probably will not be in Paris, rather in Nice”
Asked about securing the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, following the incidents that took place at the Stade de France during the Champions League final, the minister announced on franceinfo that “the arrival of the Tour de France will be a little early and will probably not take place in Paris, rather in Nice“. She explains that she wants to avoid the “dispersion [des] security forces“Depending on the day, between 7,000 and 11,000 police and gendarmes will be mobilized around the various sites. The Minister also mentions a need for around 20,000 private security agents, up to 22,000”at the peak of the Games“.
A “plan for adapting sports practice to climate change”
The Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castéra assured this Tuesday on franceinfo that she is preparing a “plan for adapting sports practice to climate change” with the Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion Christophe Béchu, “by the end of the year“.”When we see the episodes of heat wave that we have known, [il faut] a doctrine that is well harmonized across the territory (…) in a logic of security for practitioners“, for amateur sport as for professional sport, explains Amélie Oudéa-Castéra.
However, she states that “this plan opens” and that no measure has therefore yet been decided, but it does present some lines of thought: “For example, in 42 degrees, can you do a marathon between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.?“