The peddlers of used editions and posters had been fighting for months once morest the police who were adamant citing security reasons.
The opening ceremony of the Paris Games on July 26 will be held outside the stadium for the first time. The national teams will cross 6 km in the waters of the river that flows through the heart of the city on 100 boats.
Terrorists may hide bombs in the approximately 900 small stalls, and in addition, space is needed to move the 300,000 spectators who will watch from the banks and have already bought tickets, argued the strict representatives of the police authorities.
With the intervention of the French president Emmanuel Macron, the scales finally tipped in favor of the booksellers. “The president has asked the interior minister and the Paris region that all booksellers remain in their positions,” the Elysee Palace announced.
The hundreds of people eking out a living at stalls along the Seine were eager to sell something to some of the 16 million tourists expected to flood Paris during the Olympics.
They are already struggling not to drown in recent years. On the one hand, the lockout during the lockdowns of the pandemic, on the other hand, the decrease in interest from the locals, their sales have plummeted.
Although 65% of French people welcome the Games, many grumble regarding the disruption to their daily lives. Many Parisians are planning to go on vacation.
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