For the first time in history, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games will take place outside a stadium, on a six-kilometer route in an urban environment, under the eyes of hundreds of thousands of spectators. A bold bet in terms of security, especially in such a stormy international context.
The authorities want to be reassuring, certify that they have made all the necessary efforts to prepare for all eventualities: nearly 35,000 police officers and gendarmes will be mobilized on D-Day, more than 20,000 members of the police assisted by thousands of agents private will be deployed during the Olympic fortnight. Threats of attack, crowd movements, cyber attacks, everything has been taken into account, declare the organizers… but a new unknown has been added to an already complex equation: an explosive political situation.
With our guest :
Driss Aït Youssefdoctor of public law and specialist in security issues