Two Anniversary of the Paris Olympic Games: After romance, you need to deal with real challenges

On July 26, 2024, the 33rd Summer Olympic Games will officially open in Paris, the capital of France. At the important time node of the second anniversary of the countdown, the Paris Olympic Organizing Committee revealed the slogan of the Paris Olympics and the Paralympic Games -the Olympic Games is more open to the Olympic Games more open (Games Wide Open).

Whether it is an official promotional video or the interpretation of this slogan in an interview with the Paris Olympic Organizing Committee, all reveals the grand vision of the French people to the Olympic Games -more open, more tolerant, and breaking each of each The gap and restrictions bring an unprecedented innovation to the Olympic movement.

The opening ceremony on the Seine River, the sports park in the city center Union Plaza, and the competition venue are integrated into the famous attractions. These all kinds of conventional ideas show the romantic temperament of the French.

However, after romance, they have to face practical problems after all. As the Paris Olympic Games approach the increasingly closer, various issues including hidden dangers and overdue budgets, including security hazards and budgets, have become more prominent, becoming a severe test that the organizing committee and the French government must face.

At the end of May this year, the Champions League finals held in Paris at the end of this year, due to the chaos of fans' entry before the game, the game was postponed for 36 minutes. Worry about the problem. After all, compared to a football match, the Olympic time is much longer, and the size of the personnel involved is much larger. Especially in the opening ceremony of the opening ceremony of 600,000 people by the Seine River, it has become the focus of worrying.

On the day before the second anniversary of the countdown, French President Macron convened a number of senior government officials from relevant departments and the head of the Paris Olympic Organization Committee to hold an offline meeting. One of the focus of the discussion was how to cope with the security issues during the Olympic Games. Essence According to French media, the French government does not even rule out that it will eventually mobilize the army to maintain the order of the opening ceremony and prevent accidents.

During the event, the French government may postpone a number of sports events and cultural activities including Tourism France to give priority to ensuring the needs of security forces during the Olympic Games. French Ministry of the Interior officials said in an interview on the 26th that the police forces participating in security work every day will reach 11,000 people.

There is no doubt that enhanced security forces will bring another problem -increased budget costs. In recent months, rumors have been rumored to levy the "Olympic tax" to cope with the Olympic budget overrun. Although President Macron has recently denied this rumor, it still cannot dispel all parties to spend money on the Olympic Games. Worries.

The budget of the Paris Olympic Games includes two parts -one of them is about 3.87 billion euros for the cost of running for the Paris Olympic Organization Committee. The source of this cost mainly includes subsidies, commercial sponsorship, and ticket income of the International Olympic Committee; 3.2 billion euros are handed over to an institution called the Olympic Engineering Delivery Company (Solideo), responsible for Olympic -related venues and infrastructure construction.

At present, due to the rise in human and raw material prices brought by inflation, the budget overrouts facing venues and infrastructure construction will be even more severe. How to ensure that all venues and infrastructure are delivered on time, and at the same time control the cost of expenditure within a reasonable range, which will test the wisdom of all relevant parties.

For the Modern Olympic Movement, Paris is a city that is inseparable. This is the birthplace of Gu Bayan, the father of modern Olympic, and the Olympic Games was held twice in 1900 and 1924.

Hundred years later, the Olympic Games returned to the "romantic capital", which will inevitably make people have unusual expectations for this Olympic Games. The Paris Olympic Organizing Committee hopes to show the rich historical and cultural heritage to the world with the help of this Olympic Games. As the chairman of the Paris Olympic Organizing Committee Estanga said, the Olympic Games must be integrated into the magnificence of Paris. The source of inspiration behind.

The ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny. For the Paris Olympic Organizing Committee and even the French government, the preparations for the next two years will be full of challenges.

According to Xinhua News Agency

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