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Opponents of 2030 Winter Olympics in French Alps launch legal action
A citizens' collective and officials demand legal action to ensure public debate on the 2030 Winter Olympics amid concerns over rushed planning and financial impact.
- Earlier this year, Collectif Citoyen JOP 2030 filed cases before the administrative courts of Paris, Lyon and Marseille, joined by regional elected officials, members of parliament and civil society groups, to demand a public debate on hosting the 2030 Winter Olympics.
- Citing environmental and governance concerns, the collective argues hosting the Games would harm water resources and fragile mountain ecosystems, and residents were not consulted, calling it a `democratic denial`.
- The organizing committee set a provisional €2 billion budget, with costs for a planned ice arena in Nice, while France faces a debt crisis and a 5.8% deficit last year.
- Edgar Grospiron, French Alps 2030 Olympics President, leads the project, while the International Olympic Committee granted an exceptional delay due to the tight 5 1/2 years between the hosting award and opening ceremony.
- The group said, `At a time when public services are being cut, this is yet another financial waste, estimated at over 2.5 billion`, with funds unlikely to benefit mountain residents amid France's debt crisis and political uncertainty.
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On Tuesday, a citizen's collective appealed to the administrative courts in Paris, Lyon and Marseille to ask for a public debate on the holding of the Winter Olympic Games Alpes 2030.
Despite the scarcity of snow and public money, France has embarked – without preparation or prior public debate – on an expensive project to organize Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in the Alps, scheduled for February and March 2030. Why? And, above all, for whom?
On Tuesday, the Citizens' Collective JOP 2030 appealed to the administrative courts of Paris, Lyon and Marseille to ask for a public debate on the organisation of the 2030 Winter Games in the French Alps.
·Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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