[HIGHLIGHTS] The Olympics are expected to cost between 3 and 5 billion euros of public money

The Olympics are expected to cost between 3 and 5 billion euros of public money. “We do not yet know the cost of the Olympics,” said Mr.

Moscovici, “the Court of Auditors will audit it after the Olympics.” Currently, the provisional bill for the Olympics - public and private money mixed - is around 9 billion euros. The organizing committee for the Olympic Games (Cojo) has a budget of 4.4 billion euros made up of 96% private money.