The Olympic Games are the highlight of the year 2024 for France and for Emmanuel Macron. The president will go to Marseille on May 8 to welcome the flame. This is the start of Emmanuel Macron’s Olympic marathon.
A marathon during which a swim will take place because it is the emblematic promise ofEmmanuel Macron, he must bathe in the Seine. The Seine where the opening ceremony but also the Olympic events are to take place, the Seine which has until now been well polluted and which must become ” swimmable » by summer. The President of the Republic wants to vouch for this and therefore announced that he would take a little dip before the opening of the Games. When exactly ? At the Élysée, we have not yet communicated on this strategic date.
For the Olympic Games, Emmanuel Macron therefore gives of himself because he wants to make it an exceptional moment. The ambition is for Paris to welcome in 2024 “ the most beautiful Games ever organized “. A high ambition but “ attainable “, we judge in the corridors of power.
Sending positive messages
Emmanuel Macron is betting a lot on the Olympics. This is why the president follows all the preparatory stages very closely. He is in constant contact with the organizing committee, he gives his opinion, makes arbitrations. He is the guardian of ambitions. The Olympic Games, Emmanuel Macron does not want to miss them because it is an opportunity for him to send positive messages in a period which is not, to make the French proud, to show them a France who can win, a dynamic, sporting France.
It is also the ideal time to promote the image of France in the world because all eyes will be on Paris. Emmanuel Macron will also take advantage of this by organizing an international summit with more than a hundred states represented, on July 25 just before the opening of the Games. He will also take the opportunity of political or economic figures passing through the capital during this period to organize meetings.
What is the political stake of these Games for the president?
This is a crucial step. And even if in the entourage of the Head of State, we do not want to make the point of “ seesaw » of the five-year term, it is an event which will have an impact on the end of the mandate and the legacy of Emmanuel Macron, his involvement proves it, from this point of view it is a political moment. If the Games are a success, the president will have gained a breath of fresh air. If they are a source of disappointment or worse, if things go badly for one reason or another, after European elections which could turn into sanctions, Emmanuel Macron will emerge demonetized and will have difficulty maintaining political authority. These are therefore high-stakes Games.
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