Volunteers will have to “manage” to find accommodation, an inter-ministerial sports representative revealed.

“The volunteers knew they weren’t being paid or housed. They knew they’d fend for themselves.” Questioned by senators, inter-ministerial representative of the Games, Michel Cadotte, predicted on Wednesday, January 17 that volunteers must be mobilized during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. “to unravel” To find accommodation. “We make a lot of friends when we come to events like this,” He guessed.

Around 45,000 volunteer volunteers will be mobilized during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Only of them “a few thousand” will be included “For very specific reasons”, mentioned the inter-ministerial representative for sports. Others will not be compensated and will have to find a solution for housing. “This obstacle was set from the beginning, Michelle Cadoton recalled, During his hearing by the Senate Committee on Culture, Education, Communications and Sports. People seek solutions to historical events. Most people will not pay for housing but will find it through their connections.

Michelle Cadott also shared her experience with the senators. “I was with my son who was at the event in Athens (during the 2004 Olympic Games), we stayed at a campsite three hours away by car, very friendly. And everyone was very happy, he explained. There are solutions that are not necessarily in hotels or in Paris.”