Veteran labor leader Bernard Thibault is the union representative on Paris organizers’ executive board. Games organizers are also working with labor unions that are leading demonstrations and strikes against Macron’s pension reform. A self-described “absolute fan of the Games,” he volunteered at the 2004 Athens Olympics and says the experience “changed my life.” “We have a certain number of methods that allow us to be sure that the people who join the volunteer program are the most committed, the most in tune with our values,” Morenon-Condé said.
“Each to their own imagination.”Īlexandre Morenon-Condé, director of the Paris Games volunteer program, says he’s confident their screening process “will allow us to be sure of people’s sincerity” and that if volunteers pull out, there will be backups “who’ll be delighted to join.” “There are a thousand ways of being obstructive, of protesting,” Gauvain said. There are online hashtags that say the Games shouldn’t happen if the pension reform stays. And some are leveraging the Olympics to maintain pressure. The deadline for volunteering is Wednesday.īut somewhere in the pile are applications from Gauvain and others who want to hinder, not help.Įven though Macron has banging pots and pans.
Four million applicants signed up for generates billions from sponsors, broadcast rights, ticketing and merchandise. Other numbers also suggest that opponents remain a minority.
Olympic organizers say polling shows enduring strong support for the Games that will showcase Paris’ recovery from first Olympics in a century. So far, protests targeting Olympic preparations have been small and sporadic. Their surreptitious operation, and other Olympic contestation that is picking up online and starting to spill onto French streets, highlight a growing risk of the Paris Games becoming entangled in unflagging public anger against Macron for raising France’s retirement age strikes if fury pushes into 2024 unabated.
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