French Alps bid was the preferred choice since June but due to elections and a current caretaker government had been unable to deliver the necessary state and regional financial guarantees in time. It must now deliver key financial guarantees in the coming months, the International Olympic Committee said.
The leftwing parties stopped quarreling and tapped a little-known civil servant for the job. But President Emmanuel Macron said he would not appoint anyone until after the Paris Summer Olympics which start this Friday.
A ban on drones flying in the airspace around Paris is being strictly enforced during the 2024 Summer Olympics, with security personnel armed with drone-disabling equipment policing the capital's skies.
Speaking at a pro-Palestinian event in Paris, leftwing French MP Thomas Portes made the comments that Yonathan Arfi, president of Representative Council of Jewish Institutions, branded "indecent" and "irresponsible".
The protesters clashed with police at the western port of La Rochelle, as conservationists and small farmers mobilised against massive irrigation reservoirs under construction.
French lawmakers called for an investigation on Friday amid suspicions of ballot-stuffing in a vote for deputy speakers in the National Assembly. A re-vote led to the election of deputies from the hard left to the centre-right, but none from the far right.
Anne Hidalgo had originally planned to swim in the river last month but was forced to delay after tests indicated the presence of faecal matter was 10 times higher than authorised limits ahead of impending Games.
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