PROUD HOST. Detail of the facade of the town hall of Paris, France, deco rated for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Paris is the host city of the 2024 Summer Olympics. Picture: iStockOlympics this year, but the landmark and its park have become symbols of the capital’s struggles with cleanliness and crime.
“It’s very dirty and it’s getting worse and worse,” local resident Frederic Mabilon, 78, said as she walked her dog in the Champ-de Mars park beneath the iron monument known as the “Iron Lady”.Mabilon remembers visiting the area as a child, enjoying the merry-go-rounds and play areas that have been closed ahead of the“Look there,” she said, pointing to a man urinating on the fence of one of the homes that line the park. “It happens all the time. There aren’t enough toilets.
With so many visitors, the park’s lawns are often rubbed bare, while at night they are left strewn with rubbish by revellers. Even the tower’s workers are unhappy launching a five-day strike in February, to protest against its state of disrepair and demanding the city spend more on painting and anti-rust protection.
To tackle the security problems, police announced a major operation for the Eiffel Tower area last June, leading to several dozen police officers on the ground per day.
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