In high places, there is a subject that people dare not talk about, but which is on everyone’s mind: what if the whole thing ends in a gigantic fiasco?
Parisians know full well that Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s local ‘consultations’ are above all communication operations—the decisions have already been taken by city hall teams, no matter the outcome of the vote.
Book sellers have no “intention of moving.” Their representative points to the absurdity of doing away with the bookshops during the Games: “We’re a major symbol of Paris, we’ve been here for 450 years.”
Despite the dramatic and impressive nature of these explosions, resulting in human casualties and major risks to Parisian housing, the renovation of the gas network does not appear to be a priority for the Paris City Council.
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