Le French Alps 2030 Organizing Committee has grown up well. There are 29 of us today, and we are on a mission. ", assures Edgar Grospiron, its president, on LinkedIn. COJOP now has " a head and shoulders ", says the former Olympic mogul skiing champion, satisfied with the progress of recruitment: " With the arrival of almost our entire management committee around Cyril Linette, a new dynamic is coming into play. »
The project is not yet unanimous since a group of citizens has contacted the administrative courts from Paris, Lyon and Marseille mid-September for request a public debate on these Games, in the name of the general interest. Edgar Grospiron does not bend his back for all that. I hear those who criticize the Winter Games, those who denounce them, but also those who doubt. Our mission is to convinceTogether, we will demonstrate that these Games can be sober and responsible, both from a budgetary and environmental point of view, that they can contribute to building the future of winter sports and developing sporting activities throughout France, that they can help accelerate infrastructure projects that certain areas and their inhabitants need... »
The president of COJOP thus reaffirms his ambition to " demonstrate that the Games are an investment useful to the economy, the territory and its inhabitants, by accelerating transformations that reduce the impact of our activities on the fragile ecosystem that surrounds us ". And to continue: Let's be clear-headed but not pessimistic, we don't need the Games to continue living, it's true. But The Games can help us live better, collectivelyThe Games are an accelerator. They mobilize energies and create a unique global showcase. Without the Games, life goes on. With the Games, we change scale and open up new perspectives for our territory, our environment and our economy. »
