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Les misérables olympiques

Many Parisians are less than thrilled to host the Olympic Games this summer, says Peter Conradi in The Sunday Times. Some are renting out their flats to the influx of tourists expected during the event rather than put up with the metro-fare hikes, expensive) has become a sport. There is a more negative “social climate” in France now compared with when Paris “won” the Games in 2017.

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