Emmanuel Macron proposes to determine a nationwide sports activities vacation each September 14 | EUROtoday

On the eve of the parade of athletes organized in Paris within the wake of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Emmanuel Macron introduced, in an interview given on Friday September 13 to Parisianhis want to set up, just like the Fête de la Musique, a nationwide sports activities pageant yearly on September 14.

“We must come together around a popular sports festival, which takes place in the streets, in schools, in dedicated sports complexes. In our towns, our villages, our neighborhoods.”he proclaims on this interview. I would like the French all over the place to take up their sport by way of demonstrations and competitions, with younger and previous alike. This will permit us to restart, for the beginning of the college 12 months, the observe of sport every day.”he explains.

The head of state also gave his support to the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, who was criticised for announcing that the Olympic rings would remain on the Eiffel Tower until 2028. “It was good to not take them off instantly, she was proper”he believes, also pleading for the maintenance of the Olympic cauldron at the Tuileries. “My want is that we will maintain it so long as doable, taking into consideration the technical parts. All that is being studied with the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo.”specifies Emmanuel Macron.