The text, which will be examined in the Senate from January 17, includes eleven articles “likely to apply to other situations” than the games and “in a lasting way”, noted the Council of State. Particularly in terms of security.
by Philippe le Coeur
The suggestion was not followed. In his opinion, published on December 15, 2022, on the bill “relating to the Olympic and Paralympic [Jop] games of 2024”, the Council of State had proposed to the government to add to this title the terms: “and bearing Various other provisions “. The text, adopted in the Council of Ministers on December 22 and which will come before the Senate Culture and Law Commissions, from Tuesday, January 17, remained at its name of origin.
Through this proposal, the administrative judges had wanted to underline something about this project and its nineteen articles: it certainly aims to “adopt some additional measures necessary for the organization” of the JOP in the summer 2024, as the government highlights, but the field of legislative “adaptations” it has (concerning security, health, advertising, Sunday work …) extends beyond this single event.
The Jop constitute an opportunity, for the executive, to have a certain number of provisions adopted which are not limited to their duration – they will apply before the games, as soon as the law entered, and After sustainable – and which do not only concern the sports field, but also cultural or “recreational” events.
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“Eight articles are only applicable to the next Olympic and Paralympic Games of 2024, two of which are experimental,” identified the Council of State, adding that “eleven other articles create new provisions or modify existing provisions permanently and will therefore be likely to apply to other situations “.
This is particularly worth for security measures. The government does not hide it: it is a question of “implementing all the necessary means to ensure the safety of games and, more broadly, major events that France welcomes”. “It is a strong temptation, in authoritarian countries, but also in democratic countries, to use this type of competition as a Trojan horse to pass security measures that do not always have much to do with the Demonstration in itself “, notes, to deplore it, Ronan Evain, Managing Director of the Football Supporters Europe association.
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