Paris 2024: opening ceremony at Trocadero rather than the Seine is "Plan B" according to E. Macron

"If we think there are risks (for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on the Seine on 26/07/2024), we have fallback scenarios. At the same time, we are preparing 'Plan B' and even Plan C. We carry out analyses in real time. To tell you the truth, we have a ceremony that would be limited to the Trocadero (Paris 16^th arrondissement), or that could even be moved back to the Stade de France (in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis)," said Emmanuel Macron, President of France, on BFM TV and RMC, on 15/04/2024.

Questioned by a mother concerned about the safety of spectators, the Head of State nevertheless defended keeping the Olympic Games opening ceremony on the Seine. "We can do it and we will do it. If there's one place where your son will be safe, it's there," he said.

"We have intelligence resources fully mobilised for this opening ceremony. We will be setting up a security perimeter around the ceremony days and even weeks before the start of the event. There are always risks in life, but we have given ourselves the means to take them. The security perimeter is very wide. We're…