Return of the Olympic cauldron to the Tuileries: too bad for the suburbs

Remember last summer. Every evening, a golden globe soared into the Paris sky, a star sowing stars in the eyes of the crowd. The Olympic cauldron , carried by a balloon, was one of the hits of the 2024 Games. Barely had its first ascent been completed in full view of the world, voices were raised in unison to demand that this hot air balloon journey last beyond the sporting event. May this new monument spread its magic forever, including that of making Valérie Pécresse and Anne Hidalgo agree on its subject. Like Albert Lamorisse's little boy and his red balloon, Paris no longer wanted to let go of its golden ball.

Its designer, Mathieu Lehanneur , had warned: "I want it to stay alive, so that it can fly away. If it suddenly became an object that became frozen like a relic, al