France’s Macron says he has no doubt Russia will try to target Paris Olympics

By Reuters 4 April 2024, 7:39 pm

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French President Emmanuel Macron (C) and officials, surrounded by journalists, talk to children after their swimming performance during the inauguration of the Olympic aquatics centre (CAO), a multifunctional venue for the Paris 2024 Olympics, in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, on April 4, 2024. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool/AFP)

PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron says he has no doubt Russia will malevolently target the Paris Olympics this summer, in comments that underline the fraught geopolitical backdrop to the games.

“I have no doubt whatsoever, including in terms of information,” Macron says in response to a reporter’s question about whether he thought that Russia would try to target the Olympics.

The Russian embassy in Paris does not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Macron’s remarks, delivered at an event in Paris for the inauguration of the new Olympics aquatic center, represent his most explicit acknowledgment to date of foreign threats to the security or smooth running of the games.