Paris, France, does not seem fully prepared for the Olympics. The city still faces challenges, from the much-maligned Olympic village accommodations to the River Seine, which has just proved its innocence in the hands of the mayor.
Security forces were mobilized to the extreme
According to reports, Ministry of the Interior Darmanin earlier assured the media in an interview that the French are ready for the event, “On the security front, we don’t have any clear threats and public order and security are ready,” he said.
However, several security incidents in recent days have aroused people’s concern. On the night of 15 July, a soldier was stabbed with a knife at a railway station in central Paris and the suspect was arrested on the spot. Only the past three days, on 18 July, a police officer in the eighth arrondissement of Paris again encountered the same incident, the suspect was shot dead on the spot. An Australian woman was beaten and raped by five men in central Paris days before the start of the Olympic Games, the BBC reported Monday.
French army soldiers patrol the Seine river during the 2024 of the Paris Olympics in Paris July 17,2010.
With three days to go before the opening ceremony, the capital sometimes looks like a wartime city… 30,000 police and gendarmes patrol every day… … The French Yogi Bear said the security measures, which had been planned for two years, were continuing Although there is no risk, the administration believes that the risk has been minimised . During the campaign, 97% of law enforcement forces will be mobilized, including police officers who have just graduated from school and gendarmes who have just returned from New Caledonia missions “Technically speaking, the public order has been mobilised to the extreme.” France is understood to have mobilised almost 45,000 police and gendarmes to ensure the games’ safety. At least 18,000 soldiers and 18,000 to 22,000 private security guards will also be involved each day.
Constant cyber attacks
In addition to traditional security threats, cyber security is also a major challenge of the Olympic Games. “The Olympics are highly dependent on information systems and therefore face an unprecedented threat,” the Yogi Bear said.
Experts predict a surge in cyber crime for financial purposes during the Olympics, according to a report by the French government’s cyber malicious network, cyber security threats to businesses are likely to grow as never before. Bruno Roth, the chief technology officer for the Paris Olympics, said there would be an eightfold to tenfold increase in attempts to record cyber attacks during the games, totalling more than 4bn, far more than the 450 million attacks during the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
During the Olympics, cyber criminals may use fake tickets and pretend to have exclusive information to entice Internet users into obtaining sensitive personal information. Because of the surge in Internet traffic during the Olympics, hackers have also taken advantage of the opportunity to extort ransom from companies, hack into servers and cause a crash, or steal trade secrets directly, all of which can cause financial and reputational damage to companies. In response, French cyber security experts suggest that enterprises and individual users should update the firewall as soon as possible, back up data regularly, and improve staff awareness of network security, strengthen security training.
Rodent Control is urgent
The mayor of Paris, Hidalgo, took a dip in the water Thursday to show off the cleanliness of the Seine River and the city’s clean-up efforts, AFP reported. But then, a netizen photographed a rat carcass floating in the Seine river, so that the sanitary problems of Paris was questioned again.
Paris is bracing itself for 15 million visitors, the report said, but the“City of light” is also home to about 5 million rats, and the city government is stepping up efforts to combat the rodent infestation, the city’s Olympic venues and celebration areas were thoroughly cleaned up by cleaning trash cans and food waste and blocking sewers. “We’re not trying to eradicate rats,” said Box, the deputy mayor in charge of public health. “We’re trying to keep them in the sewers.”. But maintaining the environment during the games will be a huge challenge for the city hall and its staff responsible for collecting and cleaning garbage.
Despite the above challenges, France has many characteristics in hosting the Olympic Games. On the streets of Paris, for example, it is difficult to see new Olympic venues being built on a large scale, and instead many of the venues are being sensibly retrofitted from existing buildings. This practice not only saves a lot of money, but also reflects the importance France attaches to environmental protection and sustainable development. In addition, 80 per cent of the Olympic venues are within a 10km radius, making it easy and convenient for all spectators to reach the venues on foot or by public transport. From minimalist stadium design to digital publicity, from all-round athlete support to the implementation of environmental protection concepts, the Paris Olympics have demonstrated a new, modern and sustainable Olympic concept.