The New Year’s live performance on the Champs-Elysées is canceled this yr for safety causes | EUROtoday

The New Year’s live performance on the Champs-Elysées in Paris is not going to happen this yr, by choice of the Police Prefecture which cited safety causes, however the fireworks are being maintained, Agence France-Presse (AFP) discovered from Paris City Hall on Wednesday December 3.

The City of Paris had proposed organizing a live performance on the well-known avenue on December 31, an identical to the 2 earlier editions, however needed to ” bend “ to the refusal of the Police Prefecture, notified to the socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo (Socialist Party) on 1^er December, the city corridor knowledgeable AFP. Questioned by the latter, the Police Prefecture didn’t reply.

According to Jeanne d’Hauteserre, mayor (Les Républicains) of 8^e district, the prefecture invoked “unpredictable crowd movements” on the Champs-Elysées, which “are not sized to accommodate this type of event where people are moving”. A call that the elected official approves.

An “incomprehensible” cancellation for Ian Brossat

The central city corridor, for its half, underlines “the good-natured and family spirit” wherein the free New Year’s concert events came about in 2023 and 2024 on the Champs-Elysées, the place “alcohol is prohibited”. With one million individuals gathered final yr, half of whom got here from overseas, such a spectacle “participates in the cultural and festive influence of Paris”she additionally commented.

The communist senator of Paris and candidate for his mayor Ian Brossat regretted a cancellation “incomprehensible, without public explanation by the Police Prefecture”. “Last year, our city was able to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, one of the biggest global events, in remarkable security conditions. How could it be incapable today of maintaining a concert whose organization has been perfectly established for years? »he asks in a press release.

The fireworks will be maintained, and different paintings will be projected on the Arc de Triomphe, including one evoking the January 4 derby between Paris Saint-Germain and Paris FC, the town hall said. Previously filmed concert sequences, including some at Place de la Concorde, will also be broadcast on the evening of December 31 on France 2, France Télévisions told AFP. They will be complemented by the fireworks from the Champs-Elysées, live at 11:50 p.m., “to offer everyone a musical and magical spectacle”in response to the audiovisual group.