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Paris mayor confident that Paris Olympics still on track for 2024

The mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo says the 2024 Olympics is "on budget and on time". She was responding to concerns expressed recently by a senior Olympics official.

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France unveils security plan for Olympics opening ceremony in central Paris

The 2024 summer Olympics in Paris will mark the first time an opening ceremony has not been held inside a stadium – instead, the extravaganza will unfold along the River Seine, with spectators lining streets and bridges in the heart of the French capital. The plan is not without risks,…

France 24

Paris Mayor rejects ‘ridiculous’ PSG offer to buy Parc des Princes

Paris Saint-Germain want to secure ownership of the Parc des Princes, their historic home in the capital. But negotiations with Paris city council are at a standstill. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has dismissed the Qatar-owned club's reported 38-million-euro offer.

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The city that pioneered electric scooters will take them off the street—and big rental operators are fuming

Lime, Dott, and Tier Mobility SE all said they believed Paris officials deliberately designed a referendum that seemed guaranteed to result in a ban.

Fortune

Rental e-scooters banned in Paris after residents vote overwhelmingly against the service

E-scooter schemes have not been without controversy

Bristol Post

Paris bans e-scooters in landmark vote

Roughly 15,000 electric scooters will be removed from Parisian streets

The Independent UK

Overwhelming vote to ban e-scooters in Paris after mini-referendum

Around 15,000 e-scooters could vanish from central Paris at the end of August

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Parisians Massively Vote to Banish for-Hire E-scooters

Parisians have overwhelmingly voted to banish the French capital's ubiquitous for-hire electric scooters from their streets. The 15,000 opinion-dividing mini-machines are now expected to vanish from central Paris at the end of August when the city's contracts with the three operators expire. The question City Hall asked voters in a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Paris votes to become first EU capital to ban rental e-scooters

Paris voted overwhelmingly Sunday to banish for-hire electric scooters from the streets of the French capital, delivering a blow to operators and a victory for road safety campaigners. But turnout was low.

Radio France Internationale

Parisians overwhelmingly vote to expel e-scooters from their streets

Parisians have overwhelmingly voted to banish the French capital's ubiquitous for-hire e-scooters from their streets, in a mini-referendum the mayor said sent a "very clear message."

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Parisians massively vote to banish for-hire e-scooters

Parisians have overwhelmingly voted to banish the French capital’s ubiquitous for-hire e-scooters from their streets, in a mini-referendum the mayor said sent a “very clear message.”

The Independent UK

Parisians vote to ban self-service e-scooter rentals from French capital

Parisians voted Sunday in a referendum to ban self-service e-scooter rentals in the French capital. While they have become commonplace since they were first introduced in 2018, a rising accident toll has hardened attitudes towards the "trottinette".

France 24

No more room for vroom? Paris votes on banishing e-scooters

The wheels may be about to come off Paris’ experiment with for-hire electric scooters

The Independent UK

'A polarised debate': Paris to vote on banning self-service e-scooters

Self-service e-scooters have become commonplace on the streets of Paris since they were first introduced five years ago, but irresponsible use and a rising accident toll have hardened city hall’s attitude towards the popular mode of transport. On April 2 residents in the capital will vote on whether to ban…

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Macron v the masses — will the president survive as Paris burns?

Just how long can Emmanuel Macron ignore the fury over his pension changes? Agnès Poirier reports

The Independent UK

Paris aims to keep Olympians cool without air conditioners

The Paris Olympics is going underground to find a way to keep athletes cool at the 2024 Games without air conditioners

Radio France Internationale

Striking Paris garbage collectors ordered to clear 7,000 tonnes of rubbish

Striking refuse collectors are set to be forced to remove thousands of tonnes of rotting rubbish on Parisian streets after a top policeman took charge of the clean-up.

The Guardian - UK

The ratpocalypse: why Paris is awash with vermin – and the mayor isn’t stepping in

Refuse collectors in France have downed tools as part of the countrywide protests against pension changes, leaving the capital full of rubbish and rodents

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Rubbish piles up in streets of Paris as France’s pension battle enters final stretch

A protracted strike by rubbish collectors has added a new twist to France’s festering dispute over pension reform as the battle over President Emmanuel Macron’s deeply unpopular reform enters a make-or-break week with tonnes of uncollected garbage piling higher by the day.

The Guardian - UK

Lime criticised for offering free rides before Paris e-scooter referendum

Deputy mayor objects to incentive of free 10-minute rides to those who sign up to electoral register

The Conversation

Look to cities, but past their mayors, for new climate solutions

A little over three months after the COP27 climate summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh drew to a close, the global community is no closer to finding a solution to the problem of climate change. The most-attended climate change conference to date has left observers frustrated and disillusioned. What started with the promise…

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Paris transport to hire thousands in preparation for Olympic rush

The Paris regional transit authority is seeking to hire thousands of employees to beef up services in time for the Rugby World Cup later this year and the summer Olympic Games in 2024. The authority says 6,600 jobs are available.

Radio France Internationale

To scoot, or not to scoot? Parisians to decide …

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the e-scooter referendum in Paris, the bonus question and the “Listeners Corner” with Michael Fitzpatrick, and “Music from Erwan”. All that, and the new quiz question, too, so click on the “Audio” arrow above and enjoy!

Asharq Al-Awsat

Zelenskyy Tells Summit ‘No Place’ for Russia at Olympics

Russian athletes have "no place" at next year's Paris Olympics while their country’s invasion of Ukraine continues, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a summit of sports officials from about 30 countries Friday. The International Olympic Committee argues it would be discriminatory to exclude Russia and ally Belarus from sports ahead…

Daily Mirror

Olympic chiefs provide update on Russians competing at Paris 2023 amid boycott fears

The International Olympic Committee has issued an update on the 2024 Olympics after the mayor of Paris joined those calling for Russian and Belarusian athletes to be banned

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