222,000 people. This is the number of people who will be able to attend for free à the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, revealed this Tuesday G&eac;rald Darmanin. But then, how to be part of it ? Heard this Tuesday, March 5 afternoon before the Senate Law Committee, the Minister of the Interior made an announcement which quickly intrigued é nbsp;people dreaming of experiencing the Paris Olympic Games as close as possible to the event! Gérald Darmanin has in fact revealedé than on the 326,000 spectators who will ultimately be accepted to attend the event. the opening ceremony which will be held on the Seine on the evening of Friday July 26 – against all the same 600,000 nbsp;hoped for by the organizers -,222,000 will attend the event free of charge. the event thanks to an invitation that will be sent to them. If these privileged spectators will not be able to see the nautical parade on the Seine "only" from the upper part of the platforms, the lower part being reserved for people with a paying ticket, there remains none less than the # 39;”invitation” aspect clearly limits the accessibility of of these places to the general public. As for à To know who could be invited, the Minister of the Interior clarified. that the choice would be made by "trusted third parties" and that the authorities would subsequently validate these guests. Concretely, the State, the Region, the departments and other cities of the Island -de-France hosts of the 2024 Olympics or the committee organizers of the Games may invite certain people, according to their own criteria, to participate in the Games. the opening ceremony. The identities of the people invited will then be scrutinized. Le Parisien specifies that if information estimates that a guest' oacute; could pose a security risk. of the ceremony, his invitation will not be validated. Likewise, due to lack of available places, certain guests from the lists presented may also be rejected.
By Teilor Stone
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