Will Paris be ready to host the 2024 Olympic Games in six months? • FRANCE 24 English

The 2024 Olympic Games will kick off in 6 months here in Paris but the question on everyone’s Minds is will the city be ready when are we going check it out first let’s talk about Olympics construction 44.4 billion with the new housing and sports venues are being

Built especially for the games 84% of the construction work was completed by December 31st although the target was 89% for this date the company in charge said it will have everything ready in time as 59 out of 62 construction sites are running as planned and now to the logistics because organizers have

Ambitious plans for these games for example some of the competitions will be hosted at existing Paris monuments transformed into sports Arenas but most ambitious of all of the plans an extravagant opening ceremony right here on the river meant to look like this but recent comments from president Emanuel macron about an existing

Nonfloating Plan B for this Grand parade further triggered already pressing questions about the security and the feas ability of the complex Logistics and that brings me to the matter of security the Paris Region’s police force will be reinforced during the Olympics period from 35,000 to 73,000 but at a black Thursday protest

Police came out across the country to denounce the conditions under which they’ll be working and what they call Poor organization and now to perhaps the biggest hurdle of all of them transport a comprehensive refreshment and extension of the city’s existing rail network was promised in 2013 to improve public transportation options this would

For example include Direct Metro lines from the cities two main airports and the Olympic Village however only one in six lines will be ready in July 2024 but the local rail company will provide a navigation app to help visitors find the best routes and manage the increased

Inlux of people on each line Paris Metro system is one of the oldest in the world and it already suffers from overcrowd Ting severe breakdowns and frequent delays so as you can imagine many parisians are dreading the upcoming Olympics period guess only time will tell if

Paris actually will be ready so what do you think

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are just 6 months away and the countdown is on to get everything ready in time. But will Paris be ready? FRANCE 24’s Katrine Lyngsø went to find out.

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10 comments

  1. Yes security is the biggest concern with threats from many sectors.
    Paris has changed for the worst over the last few years.
    Its a shame because the city is beautiful.

  4. Have a nice Olympic 🎉
    Big cities have problems. Anoybody knows. Tehran for example have many problems and also earthquake risk!

  6. I love the French and the French method of handling complainers they tell them to shut up and go home or we lock you up. France you got this man no problem 😅

  7. The world should boycott paris Olympics 2024 for the following reasons
    France still collects colonial tax from 15 African countries
    2. Muslim women are not safe in france
    3 the poverty in Haiti was caused by France since the took 3/4 of the country's wealth for them to  attain independence
    #boycottparisolympics

  10. It’s not the cities that host the Olympics that energize a success it’s the Athletes and their hopes and dreams and to that end Paris is the perfect city to host and is100% ready!

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