Overview

• Citizens' group Collectif Citoyen JOP 2030, joined by some regional officials, MPs and civil society groups, filed actions in the administrative courts of Paris, Lyon and Marseille.
• Petitioners argue residents were not properly consulted and request greater transparency plus a formal public debate on the bid.
• Opponents cite risks to water resources and fragile Alpine ecosystems already stressed by climate change, invoking France’s Paris Agreement commitments.
• Organizers list a provisional operational budget of €2 billion, while critics decry a potential public tab exceeding €2.5 billion against the backdrop of large deficits and high debt.
• The bid links mountain snow and sliding events with skating and curling in Nice, was approved by the IOC last July, and is being led by 1992 Olympic champion Edgar Grospiron under a compressed timetable.