It has been provisionally decided that France will host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
The French Alps bid, which was submitted as the preferred option of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), was accepted as long as France offered financial assurances.
Because of the recent elections, the French government has been unable to give the IOC the state and regional guarantees that it needs. The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has declared that he will not form a new administration until after this week’s opening of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Olympic law in the making
With this, President Macron declared: “I confirm the full commitment of the French nation, and assure you that 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.”
“Seven years ago we made the same commitment (for Paris 2024), and we delivered. We will do the same,” he added.
The areas of Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur and Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes will host all major Games events in 2030, as per the French bid. France will host the Winter Olympics for the fourth time. It last held the Winter Olympics in Albertville in 1992.
The 2034 Winter Games will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States.
Source: BBC