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French Assembly Passes Olympic Law for 2030 Alps Winter Games

The vote advances a broad framework, with contentious surveillance provisions still under debate.

Overview

  • The National Assembly approved the bill on January 13 with 403 votes in favor, 99 against and 18 abstentions.
  • The text forms the legal backbone for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, covering host guarantees, security, health, anti-doping and corruption, and urban planning.
  • Article 5 was restored to allow Auvergne–Rhône–Alpes and ProvenceAlpes–Côte d’Azur to share deficit guarantees alongside the state.
  • The security chapter extends the algorithmic video-surveillance experiment to 2027 and allows vehicle visual checks by private security and event-area exclusion orders, drawing objections from left-wing parties.
  • The bill now goes to a joint committee on January 27 to reconcile versions, with final parliamentary votes expected in early February as most groups back the text except La France Insoumise and the Greens.