The president of the Organizing Committee for the 2030 Winter Olympics in the Alps, Edgar Grospiron, wanted to provide an update after the request for “rapid clarification” on the “governance and stability” of Cojop (Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games) expressed by the Minister of Sports Marina Ferrari on Friday.
“I cannot resolve to deliver ordinary Olympic and Paralympic Games nor to hide behind the excuse of time or budgetary constraints,” said Grospiron in a message published on his LinkedIn account this Sunday.
“If we encounter difficulties, it is because I have the highest ambitions,” he states straight away. “French Alps 2030 has incredible potential and I refuse to degrade it on the grounds that we would have neither the time nor the means,” added the president of the organizing committee for the Winter Olympic Games scheduled in four years.
Internal disagreements
Marina Ferrari’s statements followed the announcement this Friday of the resignation of communications director for the 2030 Olympics Arthur Richer, which followed that of operations director Anne Murac, revealed by “Le Parisien” on December 9.
Sports Minister Marina Ferrari announced the holding of a meeting of the Executive Committee on Monday to “obtain clear explanations from the management of Cojop”.
Edgar Grospiron, who does not mention this meeting, wishes to “understand why the difficulties exist” and he appears as a unifier: “We all need to come together around a unifying project, to draw personal and collective pride from it and finally, to believe in the tremendous potential that is ours”.
The Organizing Committee has been plagued by internal disagreements in recent weeks, particularly linked to governance problems between its various members.
The implementation of Cojop Alpes 2030 was delayed several months due to behind-the-scenes bickering over the appointment of its president. Former Olympic mogul ski champion Edgar Grospiron, 56, was finally appointed in February 2025, after the withdrawal of six-time Olympic biathlon champion Martin Fourcade.
