French President Emmanuel Macron “does not doubt” that Russia is targeting the organization of the Olympic Games, “including in terms of information“, suggesting that Paris will not be ready (for a reaction), France Press reported. announced BTA.
Russia “every day fuels the fact that we could not do this or that, therefore there was a risk”, the head of state said critically. “This is also the reason why we must endure. "Mental strength, faith in one's own strength, attitude to the truth are the strength of democracies and great nations," Macron said today during the opening of an Olympic water sports center in Saint-Denis, near Paris.
Macron's statement represents his most categorical acknowledgment yet of foreign threats to security or the smooth running of the Olympics, Reuters notes.
The games will take place against a complex global backdrop, such as Russia's war in Ukraine and Israel's conflict with “Hamas” in Gaza are complicating efforts to ensure the security of the Olympics.
In recent months, Macron has taken a harder line against Russia, insisting that Moscow must be defeated and has not ruled out that European troops may one day go into Ukraine, although he has made it clear that France has no intention to incite military action against Russia.