Less than four months before the opening of the Paris Olympic Games, the question of security still remains central. Guest this Wednesday on the show Telematin on France 2, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra however assured that to date there was no terrorist threat” specifically targeting the event. “We are monitoring the terrorist threat with all the necessary vigilance. Today there is no specific terrorist threat against the Paris Olympic Games,” said the Minister of Sports. Just after the March 22 attack in Moscow, the French government raised the Vigipirate security plan to its maximum “Attack Emergency” level.
Amélie Oudéa-Castéra was also questioned about the existence or not of a plan B for the opening ceremony on July 26. “This ceremony on the Seine remains our central plan,” she replied. I think there is discretion that must be respected. It’s not because we don’t talk about it, about a plan B, that we don’t plan for it. »
The dress rehearsal on the Seine on June 17
Concerning the postponement of the technical tests scheduled for April 8 on the Seine, the Minister of Sports spoke of a “non-event”. “It’s a decision that was taken three or four weeks ago already, there were different dates that were possible, April 8, May 27. We canceled the date of April 8. The rehearsal will take place on May 27, and there will be a dress rehearsal on June 17,” she explained.
“We take into account the fact that there is a level of height of the Seine, of flood and also of currents which would have complicated the carrying out of this test,” she added.