Macron's evasion when French politicians are expected to bathe in poo water

Published 21 July 2024 at 10.45

Domestic. President Macron continues to claim a busy schedule while a number of other French politicians have taken a dip in the Olympic River Seine, where for a century there has been a swimming ban due to the poo content in the water.

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Emmanuel Macron has previously promised that he would swim in the river in order to prove that it is not dangerous to swim there. But now he has changed his mind.

– He didn't promise that he would swim before the Olympics, he just said that he would swim and he stands by that with certainty, says a spokesperson for the president on Friday.< /p>

– He won't necessarily have the opportunity to do so before the Olympics.

Paris Mayor Anne Hildago, however, swam in the river this week in order to “prove” that the water is safe enough for the athletes who are expected to swim in the same river during the Olympic Games.

Authorities claim the water has been cleaned and made safe for swimming just in time for the Olympics.

But swimming has been prohibited in the river for over a century due to the high levels of e-coli faecal bacteria in the water. A group of journalists also bathed in the river at the same time.

– Goa stuff. I swallowed a lot of cold soup when I jumped in, but it tastes good, says boomer profiler and BBC journalist Hugh Schofield, 62, who swam with the politicians in the river.


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