Organizing the Paris 2024 Olympic Games You must “keep calm and focused”, though. Violent riots have rocked France in recent days.One year before the big event, he said, Former UK Sports Minister Hugh Robertsonin an interview with Agence France-Presse.
Robertson, a former Conservative MP, recalled the protests that rocked London and other urban areas in England in 2011 after the police shooting of teenager Mark Duggan. In August of that year, five people were affected by the unrest.
“When this happened in London, also a year before the Games, all the National Olympic Committees (CNOs) and International Federations from all over the world had just arrived in the city to see the facilities,” the former minister recalls.
“I was saying there was nothing to be afraid of, and behind me there were clouds of smoke in south London,” he added.
Robertson does not believe the images will have an impact on potential visitors to the Paris Games.
“We are still more than a year away from the opening ceremony, which is a long time when organising something as important as the Games,” he noted.
“People who have already bought their income will come anyway, while others think there is still a long way to go and will not give up on moving forward,” he adds.
“Keep calm and focused,” I advise the British to organise the Paris 2024 Games.
France has put 45,000 on standby on Friday to contain the unrest. Young man killed by agent’s bullets.
Although “less intense,” these clashes continued for the fourth consecutive night with nearly 500 detainees.
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