- Title: Macron wants to work with Trump despite differences
- Date: 11th July 2017
- Summary: LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND (JULY 11, 2017) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** PARIS DELEGATION INCLUDING FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON ARRIVING AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, SAYING: "I will indeed see (U.S) President (Donald) Trump in a few days in Paris and I'm delighted about that and we will talk about all the issues which are of interest to us both, including those about which we have disagreements when we have them, but also a lot of the issues on which we are working together, the terrorism threat, the crisis in Syria and Libya and a lot of issues which are of interest to us both." VARIOUS OF NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, SAYING: "After the terrorist attacks we suffered -- but which, I say it again, threaten all big cities, and not so big ones, in the world -- we knew how to react and we never stopped organising events. There have been several events organised since the Paris attacks: the marathon, the Tour de France stages and arrivals, of which we'll have more soon, the Euro 2016, a few weeks after the Paris attacks there was the COP21 (climate conference) which is not a sporting event but which brought the planet, in every sense of the word, to Paris. All of them were successful with security provision which was up to the job." VARIOUS OF NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, SAYING: "This is exactly what characterises it (the bid) and what I think makes it strong, what drove me to support it back when I was a minister at the finance ministry, it relies on what already exists -- 95 percent of the structures are existing or temporary structures, so we are not going to build white elephants with this project." VARIOUS OF PARIS DELEGATION AT THE END OF THE NEWS CONFERENCE DOING SIGNS WITH HANDS AND LEAVING CONFERENCE ROOM
- Embargoed: 25th July 2017 14:20
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- Location: LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
- City: LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
- Country: France
- Topics: Olympics,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA0016P9XEFB
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- Story Text: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday (July 11) he was looking forward to inviting U.S. President, Donald Trump to Paris later this week.
Macron was speaking in Lausanne where he was leading the Paris 2024 bid committee's presentation to the IOC.
In its candidacy to host the 2024 Games, Paris is competing against Los Angeles, whose bid has been publicly backed by Trump.
Macron has traded barbs with Trump over climate change policy, calling his decision to leave the Paris accord on climate change a mistake.
Trump was not present in Lausanne, though heads of state had never before attended this July meeting for Olympic bids.
On Friday (July 14), Trump will be will be attending the Bastille Day festivities at the invitation of newly-elected Macron.
In Lausanne, Macron also said France was well equipped to deal with potential terror attacks when hosting large events - he cited the Tour de France, Euro 2016 and COP21 as prime examples.
Macron stressed that Paris' Olympic bid would try to avoid any "white elephants" if they are awarded the Games.
Paris is proposing a compact Games with almost every venue temporary or in place but still needs to build an athletes' village, the biggest project of the bid. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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