The country is already on heightened alert ahead of the SummerOlympicsin Paris this July.
The government and the City of Cannes are really focused.
… We never stopped since 2015 having a lot of security in Cannes, said Fremaux.

Police at the opening ceremony of Cannes in 2016Getty Images
Of course, it looks very important because of the Olympics but it will be like last year.
We also want people to be happy and free and not to have security everywhere.
We have security everywhere but invisible security.

We take it very seriously, he said.