White smoke! The Olympic law has been definitively passed. adopted by the Senate on Thursday. " That's a good step forward. ", anticipated Pierre-Olivier Beckers, president of the coordination commission for the 2030 Winter Games, during the IOC Session in MilanThe National Assembly overwhelmingly approved the text on Tuesday. The law will adapt the legal framework for to ensure the smooth running of the Gamesby allowing the organizing committee and the French authorities to move forward with more freedom in urban planninghousing or security.
🔴 The Senate has adopted the conclusions of the joint committee on the bill relating to the organization of the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Games
- Senate (@Senat) February 5, 2026
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For Sports Minister Marina Ferrari, this is a " Essential toolkit for the successful delivery of the Games The text also stipulates that the organizing committee must hold at least one in-person public meeting per catchment area hosting events or an Olympic site "in order to"involve local populations and to explain the project. The law should be promulgated within a maximum period of 15 days by the President of the Republic, unless the Constitutional Council is consulted on this text " the Senate specifies.
