Overview

• The Cour des Comptes’ updated report increases its June estimate from €5.9 billion to €6.6 billion.
• It attributes €3.02 billion to organization, including €1.44 billion for security, and €3.63 billion to infrastructure such as Seine water-quality work.
• The court estimates the Games lifted 2024 GDP by just +0.07 percentage points, about €1.9 billion, characterizing the short-term impact as modest.
• COJO rejects the audit’s methodology and says public outlays were closer to €2 billion, citing largely private financing and an audited €76 million surplus on €4.4 billion of spending.
• Public funding needs were put at €2.44 billion in 2023, underscoring the steady upward revisions in official estimates.