LR boss Eric Ciotti requested a hearing from Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on the security of the Paris Olympics in a letter addressed to Sacha Houlié. “I am asking you to organize a hearing with the minister, so that he can present all the elements that the national representation will deem useful to request relating to the security,” wrote Eric C Elliotti.

The choice of an opening ceremony on the Seine "maximizes the risk", according to the Minister of Sports.