Overview
- More than 100 kayaks, rowboats, paddleboards and dragon boats descended the Seine from Bercy to Port des Saints-Pères in the morning parade.
- Ten statues of notable women—such as Gisèle Halimi, Simone Veil and Simone de Beauvoir—were officially inaugurated on rue de la Chapelle in the 18th arrondissement.
- Hundreds of volunteers reunited for a giant picnic at Place Stalingrad followed by a 50-flagbearer parade from Stade Émile-Anthoine to the Eiffel Tower and a bateau-mouche cruise.
- The Olympic cauldron at the Tuileries Gardens was reinstalled in June and now lifts nightly, weather permitting, through September 14.
- At a ceremony in the Grand Palais, officials including Tony Estanguet and Marie Barsacq criticized a proposed 17.6% cut to France’s 2026 youth and sports budget.