Paris presents bid to host Expo 2025

(ANSA) - Paris, March 5 - Paris on Thursday presented its bid to host the Universal Exposition in 2025.
    ExpoFrance 2025 chief, Jean-Christopfe Fromantin, said the French capital will be bidding to host the world's fair under the slogan "Au coeur des territoires s'ouvre celui des homes", or "in the heart of territories opens up that of mankind".
    Fromantin said Paris was ''closely'' eyeing rival projects presented by the Netherlands and London to host the six-month-long world's fair and noted the city could create the Eiffel Tower of the future if Paris were to host the event.
    The tower was built for the 1889 Universal Exposition.
    The 2015 edition of the world's fair is opening in Milan on May 1 while Dubai will be hosting the fair in 2020.
    Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said last month that the French capital is also considering whether to present a bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games, almost a century after the event was held in the city.