1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: Catherine Field, greetings to you, good morning mate, how you 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 1: how are you all feeling? You're sitting there in the 3 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: glow of success? Do you reckon? 4 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:12,640 Speaker 2: Oh? I think so everyone's realized that, yes, it was 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 2: a big throw of the dice five Harris to put 6 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 2: on this enormous Olympic show over two weeks where most 7 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 2: of the stadium's outdoors people were able to if they 8 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 2: didn't have tickets, were able to look inside. The security 9 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,479 Speaker 2: was always going to be a nightmare. A lot of 10 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 2: people said, don't do it, just do don't do it, 11 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 2: and they did it and it worked. So I think 12 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 2: everyone's kind of on a bit of a buzz. And 13 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 2: you know, Mike, even the Parisians are a bit chirpy 14 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 2: at the moment. 15 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 1: Good stuff. Security seemed to work. It rained more than 16 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:46,840 Speaker 1: I thought. The scene was a mistake, but security seemed 17 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: to work. Is that fair? 18 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 2: I think that's fair. But you do have to remember, 19 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 2: Mike that they brought in more than one hundred thousand 20 00:00:55,080 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 2: private security guards, gendarmes, police soldiers. And you look at it, 21 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 2: and you look at the numbers, for example, for pickpockets 22 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,399 Speaker 2: on the Paris Metro, virtually none this whole time you 23 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 2: look at sort of petty crime, virtually none around Paris. 24 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 2: So yeah, it did work, but at the big cost 25 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 2: of a constant police presence in central Paris. But now 26 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 2: every means said, make a lot of these arenas were 27 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 2: in a very small area, so it was actually only 28 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 2: like one suburb and a bit across the other side 29 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 2: of the sand on the right bank, where you had 30 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 2: this big police presence. 31 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: As a model, and I was reading a lot yesterday 32 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: about Ala and how they're doing, and they're a city 33 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: of Stadia and all that sort of stuff. As a model, 34 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: would Paris go again, given what they already had versus 35 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: what they had to spend, et cetera. 36 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 2: I think so, And I'm judging that on just what 37 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 2: they're saying about the what is it the twenty thirty 38 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 2: Winter Olympics, which are going to be in France. Who 39 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 2: they are, and they've decided not to just go for 40 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:57,279 Speaker 2: one particular town like Chamani, which has had the Olympics before. 41 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 2: They're going for a whole region, So they're going to 42 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 2: be spreading and around areas of France like this that's 43 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 2: already got the infrastructure. So they feel that this model 44 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 2: has worked. They feel that it can work again up 45 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 2: in the mountains in the snow. 46 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 1: All right, very nice and of course you might want 47 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: to get back to try and I take it during 48 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 1: the games you didn't organize a government that we missed. 49 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 2: You didn't miss anything. Why you know, really might to 50 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 2: be honest with you. It is going to be a 51 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 2: harsh landing for President Macron the next day or two 52 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 2: because whilst he has been shuttling between Paris and his 53 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,359 Speaker 2: home on the south of France, the politics has gone 54 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 2: on and people have been jogging for position. People have 55 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 2: been making it known who they think should be Prime 56 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:42,679 Speaker 2: Minister and various other cabinet posts. So he's going to 57 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 2: have a rude awakening when he comes back because even 58 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 2: though people are happy about the Olympics, they're happy about 59 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 2: the number of medals France got, they're still very unhappy 60 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 2: with him and they're very unhappy at not having a government. 61 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: Exactly. Go well, catch up next Tuesday. Appreciate it very much. 62 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: Catherine Field in France with US this Morning. For more 63 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: from the MICAUS Breakfast, listen live to News Talk Set 64 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: B from six am weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.