L’Equipe says that the conflicts are also of an economic nature, including disputed expense reimbursements, use of credit cards and withdrawals of various kinds that have been accused
The Milan-Cortina Games have yet to begin, but the organizing committee of the 2030 games, which will take place in the French Alps, has already become a slaughterhouse. Tensions have been palpable for months, with sudden peaks resulting in resignations, internal struggles between Savoyard and Parisian clans, accusations of incompetence, deviations in remuneration, expense reimbursements and costs. And four years and three days after the start, after various rumors reported in various media, everything ended up on the front page ofTeam which recalls how the next Winter Olympics were the result of the direct agreement between the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron and the former president of the IOC, Thomas Bach, in the absence of spontaneous candidatures.
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However, the fuse was lit by the recent noisy resignation of Bertrand Meheut, president of the Remunerations Committee who openly contested Edgard Grospiron, president of the Organizational Committee, who would also have assumed the functions of a general manager, now “out of control” and “without having the skills”. Accusations denied to the sender, downgraded as the contact of an “external body with an advisory role”. But Meheut’s breakup follows those that occurred between December and January of Anne Murac, director of operations, and Arthur Richer, head of communications. And it accompanies tensions between Grospiron and Cyril Linette, in theory the general director of his choice.
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The relationship between the two, according toTeamdeteriorated after the latter reduced the former’s staff, reducing their salaries. Hence also the resulting division between clans: on the one hand the “mountainers”, originally from Savoy who know the territory and defend its interests; on the other hand, the “Parisians” who, returning from the success of the 2024 Games, are adopting attitudes that are not appreciated by the locals. And so reimbursements of disputed expenses also emerged, as well as the use of credit cards and withdrawals of various kinds. In short, chaos reigns and for theTeamthe Milan-Cortina Games appear as an example which, despite difficulties and delays, presents itself as “a sustainable and perennial model”.
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