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On Wednesday, police officers in Paris organized a protest with open-top buses to urge the authorities to speed up talks on improving working conditions and wages during the 2024 Olympic Games scheduled in the French capital next summer.
“This is a warning message to the authorities, saying that six months before the Olympics, the police forces do not know exactly how the summer will end for them,” Gregory Joron, head of the Federation of Police Workers’ Unions, said in radio statements.
He added, “The conditions that the police forces are experiencing before being fielded in the Olympic Games are not good.”
Joron repeated demands for improved working conditions, in particular a bonus of 1,500 euros for all police officers.
Police unions have already called a strike on January 18 to express their discontent before the Games.
Starting in late July, in the midst of the national holiday season, the Olympics will put more pressure on workers in many sectors in Paris amid increasing security threats and chronic shortages in police, hospitals and public transportation.
About 30,000 officers and soldiers will be deployed to secure the opening ceremony on July 26, when about 600,000 people are expected to watch the athletes and delegations sail down the Seine.
200 days to go until the Olympics
233 days to go until the ParalympicsReady to rock this party? 🎉 pic.twitter.com/IvdKuzMgWB
— Paris 2024 (@Paris2024) January 8, 2024
