IOC awards 2030 Winter Olympics to French Alps 'under conditions'
International Olympic Committe (IOC) President Thomas Bach holds a sign showing that the French Alps have been awarded the 2030 Winter Games during the 142nd session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Paris on July 24, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
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The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday awarded the
2030 Winter Games to the French Alps but under the condition that France gives
financial commitments.
The decision came after President Emmanuel Macron told IOC
members he would ask France's next prime minister to give a financial "guarantee"
for hosting the Games.
France is the only candidate to host the Games but the
funding has been in question because there is no government in place following
inconclusive snap elections.
But Macron told IOC members in Paris he would ask the prime
minister who emerges from the ongoing talks to form a new government to make a
"financial commitment" and also create an Olympic law.
Speaking two days before the opening ceremony of the Paris
Summer Olympics, Macron said: "I want to confirm my full commitment and
the full commitment of the French nation.
"I assure you I will ask the next prime minister to
include not only this guarantee but also an Olympic law in the priorities of
the new government."
Macron said France wanted to show "the rest of the
world that the Winter Games are not just history -and we are proud to be part
of it - but part of our future."
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