The new Prime Minister Michel Barnier was very involved in the Albertville Olympic Games.
Michel Barnier was appointed Prime Minister by Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, September 5, after days and even weeks of immense uncertainty. The man is a lover of sport and in particular of the Olympic Games, which have taken a very important place in the news in recent weeks. Since his appointment as President of the General Council of Savoie in 1982, Michel Barnier has been involved in the candidacy and organization of the Winter Olympic Games in Albertville, Savoie, which were to take place 10 years later, in 1992. It is one of his greatest successes according to him. “This story began in 1982 when Claude Collard, president of the CNOSF, came to see me at the National Assembly where I was a young MP. He said to me: ”I would like to give you an idea, I am passionate about skiing, you should launch the bid for the Olympic Games for the 3 Valleys in 1992”. I did not find any fault, any flaw in this idea. I tell myself that even if we lose, we will gain in notoriety” he explained at length for The Team.
The ten years of work for this event “transformed” his “department” and “marked” him a lot, as he explains for Ouest France. “His goal then was not to shine at the Olympics, it was to modernize the department” explains Michel Dantin, European deputy, also for Ouest France.
Michel Barnier is generally a great sportsman, having switched from running to cycling, he cycles and swims almost daily, “to work the cardio“, as explained The Parisian.