Paris mayor confident Seine pool party will convince river is safe

Mayor Anne Hidalgo is confident that her swimming in the River Seine in June will convince the Parisians that it is safe to bathe in the river.

“To the grumpy ones, I say: ‘Yes, we are going to swim in the Seine.’ We’re going to do it, of course. We’re getting things ready for the big dive, which will happen on the Bras Marie” near the Ile de la Cite and Ile Saint Louis, Hidalgo told reporters on Tuesday as she inaugurated the Georges Vallerey swimming pool. The pool will be used as a training...