Issued on: 20/02/2026 - 10:00

After lighting up the streets of Paris in 2024, the Olympic flame will be making a return to France in 2030, when the French Alps are set to welcome the Winter Olympics and Paralympics. Organisers have promised financially and environmentally sustainable games, where 93 percent of pre-existing infrastructure will be reused. However, with only four years to go and a number of criticisms, will France be able to deliver on time and on budget?

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The organisers of the 2030 Winter Olympics are facing a governance crisis, following a string of high-level resignations. The official event map is yet to be published, after several delayed deadlines.

Meanwhile, environmental groups and locals are raising the alarm over fears the Games will leave an irreversible mark on the Alps, which are already on the front line of the climate crisis.

We take a closer look in this edition of France in Focus.

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