Protesters in Paris are planning a unique demonstration against the billion euros spent on cleaning up the Seine River for the upcoming Olympics. The protest, described by Scott Ostler as an 'in-Seine protest,' involves defecating in the river on the day politicians plan to swim in it, highlighting their dissatisfaction with the use of taxpayer funds. This comes two months after 50 million liters of sewage entered the Seine due to pump failures, exacerbating concerns about water quality.
French people are going to take dumps in the Seine River to protest the Olympics @ScottyMarkets @kellyinvegas https://t.co/EenBbUw5aA
To brands, corruption has become as much a part of the Olympics as the 100-meter and the decathlon, writes @AdamMinter https://t.co/3v9OSKzp8x via @opinion
The Olympics are a growing risk to the reputations of the companies that sponsor them. https://t.co/TFdRQjmnmt by me for @opinion
Two months before the Olympics, 50 million liters of sewage entered the Seine This was due to the failure of three pumps at a station in the Yvelines department west of Paris. As a result, sewage and various plumbing items entered the river. At the same time, the level of fecal… https://t.co/RuzE3PTy0J
Some Parisians are talking about defecating in the city's famous river on the day politicians plan to swim in the waterway, where efforts to improve the water quality have been made. https://t.co/PRztPRNJit
OPINION: “Look, there’s a reason the Olympics moves to a different city every time. Robbers don’t rob the same house twice, at least not until that house has been restocked,” Scott Ostler writes. https://t.co/k0TBZupSQH
Protesters in Paris have a unique response to spending a billion euros cleaning up the Seine for the Olympics, but their comment on the expense of the Games is appropriately pungent. From @scottostler https://t.co/6O1SMvmhk7
OPINION: “Look, there’s a reason the Olympics moves to a different city every time. Robbers don’t rob the same house twice, at least not until that house has been restocked,” columnist Scott Ostler writes. https://t.co/e7hUtssgEQ
OPINION: “Protesters in Paris are planning a group poop in the soup — the waters of the River Seine — to protest the use of taxpayer funds to clean up that river for the upcoming Olympics. That’s what I call an in-Seine protest,” Scott Ostler writes. https://t.co/Vw6NQloCIW
COLUMN: "Protesters in Paris have a unique response to the billion euros spent cleaning up the Seine for the Olympics, but their comment on the cost is rightly pungent," writes @ScottOstler. https://t.co/VpHbA164tc