The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics came to a close with Sunday’s closing ceremony at Italy’s historic Verona Arena.
Now, Winter Olympics organizers can turn their full attention toward the 2030 games that are set to take place in the French Alps.
The French Alps 2030 Organizing Committee (Cojop) was formed in 2024. And since then, it’s been plagued by “infighting, turf wars and strategy fights,” according to a recent report from Politico. This lack of cooperation has resulted in a serious lack of progress toward the group’s “ambitious vision” for the 2030 Winter Olympics.
“Concerns are now growing in Paris that mismanagement of such a high-profile event will reinforce the reputation France has developed in recent years as ungovernable and financially careless,” Politico reported.
This turmoil forced French Sports Minister Marina Ferrari to call an emergency meeting to ensure the “rapid and complete clarification on the governance and stability of the organization.”
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An anonymous former advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron had some harsh criticism for Cojop.
“They’re all clowns. We need to take back control,” they said, via Politico.
France, which most recently hosted the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, is set to host its seventh Olympic Games in the French Alps. The games will take place in four main areas: Haute Savoie, Savoie, Briancon and Nice.
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“We have full confidence in France to organize an outstanding edition of the Olympic Winter Games, with the same creativity, imagination and flair we are currently experiencing at Paris 2024,” former IOC President Thomas Bach said back in 2024.
The French Alps Winter Olympics will take place from Feb. 1-Feb. 17 in 2030.
