— Published February 4, 2026

The IOC calls on the French Alps 2030 Organizing Committee to accelerate

French Alps 2030

Turbulence zone for the French Alps 2030. Bertrand Méheut, chairman of the remuneration committee from COJOP, slammed the door, pointing to a " significant drift and by expressing his doubts about the success of the project in terms of both deadlines and costs ", as reported L'EquipeThis episode comes as the communications director of the COJOP, Arthur Richer, has just submitted his resignation.

In this context, the speech of Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant, chairman of the coordination committee of the 2030 Games, was eagerly awaited on Tuesday in Milan. He gently put pressure on the Organizing Committee by calling for to work " as a team ». Four years before the deadline, " Several key decisions remain pending, and The delivery pace needs to accelerate. across all construction sites " he warns, referring in particular to the map of the sites and the sports program.

« Once the Milan-Cortina Games are over, the world's attention will quickly turn to 2030: expectations will rise, the pace will intensify, The work to be done is considerableAnd the clock will start ticking even louder. But my feeling is that if you work as a strong and confident team, a collective team guided and inspired by the vision and mission of this project, together you can only succeed. " he added diplomatically and optimistically.

In recent days, Edgar Grospiron went to the Senate, for a roundtable on the financing of the Gamesand participated in the first departmental committee dedicated to the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Alpes-Maritimes. He will be in Italy with other representatives to observe the Games and gather relevant information.