President Macron welcomes visitor to France for Olympic Games

Paris, Jul 26 (Prensa Latina) Just hours before the inauguration of the Paris-2024 Olympic Games, President Emmanuel Macron issued a message to welcome all visitors to France, where 10,500 athletes and millions of travelers are expected.

July 26, 2024
12:37

On his X account, the head of State posted a video showing emblematic places of the City of Light, such as the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the pyramid of the Louvre museum and the Trocadero square.

Tonight, after a opening ceremony on the Seine River and its patrimonial banks, whose details are kept secret, the head of State will declare the 33rd Summer Olympic Games, which will end on August 11, inaugurated.

Also on social media, Macron made a call for unity through sport, which he considered a practice with no room for racism, discrimination and anti-Semitism.

There can be no hatred in sport, nor among athletes, those who train them and the public, he stressed.

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