It is a burning file on the desk of the Cojo des Olyx 2030. The map of the test sites, not yet completely defined, continues to create a whirlpool in just under five years of the Olympic Games in the Alps.
The Méribel station, which was originally to receive part of the alpine skiing and the Paralympic events, learned at the end of June that it could be ousted from the list of sites for the benefit of that of Val d’Isère. Val d’Isère could make her appearance in the list, thanks in particular to two weight support, that of the triple Olympic champion Jean-Claude Killy and Michel Barnier, the former head of government now mandated from a “volunteer and temporary” mission to the 2030 Olympic Games.
In a press release published this July 1, elected officials and actors of Méribel admit their “feeling of incomprehension, even amazement following twists and turns regarding the referee of selected sites”. A few days earlier, they had sent a letter directly to Edgar Grospiron, the president of the organizing committee.
“Doubts about the motivations that seem to guide your decisions”
In this letter signed by the mayor of the allues, Thierry Monin, the municipal council considers that the decision to move the tests to Val d’Isère “goes against the commitments made by the IOC and raises questions as to the transparency and the relevance of the procedures implemented since 2023”.
Méribel believes that he “participated in the candidacy of the 2030 Alps from its origin” and as “agreed” that part of the tests took place on its tracks. The station also advances technical arguments (track safety), financial (no additional investment would be necessary) and environmental to show its misunderstanding.
In conclusion of this letter, “the municipal council of allae issues doubts about the motivations which today seem to guide your decisions”.
