Macron Allows Paris Riverside Booksellers to Remain During Olympics

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Source: FRANCE 24 English
Macron Allows Paris Riverside Booksellers to Remain During Olympics
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French President Emmanuel Macron has intervened to allow the iconic booksellers along the river Seine to remain at their historic locations during the Paris Olympics, overturning plans to temporarily remove them for security reasons. The decision comes after concerns about the impact on public opinion and criticism of the disruption caused by the Games. The booksellers, a fixture of Parisian life for 150 years, were facing removal to increase space for spectators during the Olympics, but Macron's ruling ensures their preservation.

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