It's been two tales for the city of Paris over the past few days. First the bigwigs at the Hotel de Ville issued an edict that they would not be financing fan zones and giant screens during the football World Cup next month in Qatar. And then on a day of revolutionary import, a fanfare to announce a glittering bonanza for the Olympics in 2024.
For the football, Paris city councillors - along with other municipal power brokers in Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Marseille, Lille, Nantes and Angers - declared the tournament an abomination because of the mistreatment of migrant workers on building sites during preparations for the month-long competition.
