The Paris Council’s right-wing opposition will not object to the naming of the Adidas Arena in the north of the capital, built for the 2024 Olympics, possibly allowing the “name” to be accepted despite opposition from PS mayor Anne. Hidalgo’s allies. “We have had an internal debate, the views on our side were quite diverse, but we will refrain“Said the elected L.R. David Alphand during a press briefing in front of the Paris Council on Thursday. The latter will decide on Friday, July 8, the name of the future 7,800-seat enclosure located in the Porte de la Chapelle (18th century). “Let the majority of the municipality wash its dirty laundry with the family“, added Mr. Alphand, for whom this file is an illustration.the fracture of the majority of the municipality“.
Anne Hidalgo’s sporting assistant Pierre Rabadan is campaigning for the title, which will see the three-tier brand pay around €2.8 million a year over five years, a contract that can be extended for a further seven years. “The amount on offer is unprecedented in France, or even in Europe, for arenas of similar size.“, it is said in the discussion project. But the elected environmentalists, communists and generations, that is, all allies of the socialists in the executive branch of Anne Hidalgo, reaffirmed on Thursday that they will vote against it.
Communists accuse Anne Hidalgo of “turn around“In return for the wish of 2020, in which the municipality promised to study”.the possibility of naming the future Olympic technique Arena Alice-Milliat“, in honor of the pioneer of women’s sports. “We miss historyNicolas Bonnet-Oulalge, an elected Communist who was driven by this desire and vehemently opposed the practice of “naming,” said Thursday. it’s a “very bad signal to call public institutions by brands” said EELV advisor Jerome Glaze.
Socialists can do without allies
But if the right (55 councilors) abstains, the socialists (54 councilors) can do without the support of their allies (40 councilors), regardless of the votes of other groups. Adidas France also told 140 employees at its Strasbourg headquarters on Thursday to consolidate all of its office operations in Paris by September 2024, a decision condemned by staff and elected officials. Rooted in Alsace since 1959, Adidas opened its new headquarters in 2018 with great fanfare in the Wacken business district.
Source: Le Figaro
