Laurent Nuñez presented, Thursday April 25, the different security perimeters scheduled for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris on July 26. They will be put in place from July 18, eight days before the event, and reinforced on D-Day. The system and the various means mobilized (police, gendarmerie, etc.) will be announced later jointly with the Minister of Defense. interior, said the Paris police prefect during a press conference.
Therefore, on Thursday, it was only a question of “land use plans”, in other words the zones in which it will be difficult, if not impossible, to circulate on the streets concerned in the capital. You will have to show your credentials to enter, warned Laurent Nuñez. Two perimeters will be at work on the banks of the Seine. The anti-terrorist protection perimeter, whose traffic conditions applicable to competition sites had been detailed by the Police Prefecture at the end of November, before being relaxed at the beginning of March in the face of the anger of residents and local traders.
Concretely, from July 18, only pedestrians and bicycles will be authorized to enter, after control, as well as motorized vehicles benefiting from an exemption: local residents with parking, delivery and emergency service vehicles, etc. A list reduced to only official and emergency vehicles from 1 p.m. on the day of the ceremony. Another condition, any person who wishes to access the protection perimeter must either obtain a ticket for the ceremony, or a digital pass (in the form of a QR code) obtained, after an administrative investigation, on a platform online form which will be open from May 10.
The anti-terrorist protection perimeter will be extended to all buildings along the Seine, “those who have a visual view of the Seine”, added Laurent Nuñez. About “around 20,000 residents and local traders”specified the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, present at the press conference also alongside Marc Guillaume, prefect of the Ile-de-France region, and Tony Estanguet, president of the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee.
Paris cut in two for eight days
The second security perimeter (known as “red”) will be less restrictive. It will remain prohibited to motorized traffic – pedestrians and cyclists will be able to circulate freely – but only the presentation of supporting documents and not the obtaining of a QR code will be requested by the police at checkpoints to waive this. On July 26 from 1 p.m., exemptions will no longer be permitted, except, again, for accredited and emergency vehicles.
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