“There is no specific terrorist threat today against the Games,” assures Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra.

The government decided to raise the Vigipirate plan to its highest level, that of “emergency attack”, on March 24, after the attack in Moscow (Russia). A few months from Paris OlympicsAmélie Oudéa-Castéra assures in the “4 Vérités” on France 2, Wednesday April 3, that“there is no specific terrorist threat today against the Olympic and Paralympic Games”. A terrorist threat that is monitored by the authorities “with all necessary vigilance”says the Minister of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The opening ceremony on the Seine remains the “central plan”

The opening ceremony of Paris 2024 will take place on Friday July 26 on the Seine, outdoors. Asked about a possible plan B for this ceremony in the event of a threat to the security of the event, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra indicates that “this ceremony on the Seine absolutely remains our central plan”. “It’s not because we’re not talking about a plan B that we’re not planning one”, she adds, however. The minister does not provide additional information on the location that could be chosen in case of plan B, arguing that“there is a work of discretion that must be respected on these subjects for there to be effective solutions”.