Europe 1 with AFP 8:05 p.m., July 21, 2022
The Minister of the Interior asked the new prefect of police of Paris Laurent Nuñez to ensure the general mobilization of "all the resources" of the institution for the organization of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, but also for the cut rugby world in 2023. Gérald Darmanin also wants to settle the issue of crack in Paris.
Gérald Darmanin on Thursday asked the new Paris police chief Laurent Nuñez to ensure the general mobilization of "all the resources" of the institution for the organization of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
"You will be the prefect of police in charge of the Olympics, and the entire police prefecture must be geared towards this objective", declared the Minister of the Interior during the installation ceremony of Laurent Nuñez, replacing Didier Lallement. .
"Major issues"
"The forthcoming organization of the Rugby World Cup (2023) and the Olympic and Paralympic Games are major challenges and I ask you today to ensure the general mobilization of all the resources of the police headquarters", he added.
After the failure of the Stade de France, Laurent Nuñez, 58, will have to remove doubts about France's ability to host a major popular event.
The organization of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, designed as a river parade on the Seine, is already a security puzzle.
Many voices are raised in the police ranks to worry about it.
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In addition, Gérald Darmanin wants the "dramatic situation" of crack in Paris, "which rages in the northeast of the capital and which rots the lives of the inhabitants", to be eradicated "within a year".
"You will be responsible for mobilizing the judicial police, associating the OFAST, and obviously working in good consultation with the local authorities (...) so that within a year, the serious health and safety problem that represents the crack is solved", indicated the minister.