ARCHIVES – Michel Barnier, appointed to Matignon by Emmanuel Macron this Thursday, worked for the Winter Olympics in Albertville in 1992. He was the president of the organizing committee with Jean-Claude Killy, the Tony Estanguet of the time.
Sixty days after the second round of the legislative elections, Emmanuel Macron appointed Michel Barnier as Prime Minister on Thursday. This 73-year-old Gaullist already has a long political career behind him, which he began in 1973, as a general councilor of France, at the age of 22.
Four years later, in 1978, he became the youngest member of the National Assembly, being elected from Savoie, “his country”, as he called it again last August on X. This mountaineer also very quickly got involved in having the 1992 Winter Olympics in France. Let’s rewind.
Barnier has been involved in organizing the Winter Olympics since 1982
Michel Barnier told in an interview with The team published in 2022 that his story with the Winter Olympics began in 1982, when Claude Collard, president of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee, “found him in the National Assembly”, where he was a “young MP”.
The president of the CNOSF, passionate about skiing, suggested that he “launch the candidacy for the Olympic Games for the 3 Valleys in 1992”. Convinced by the idea, Michel Barnier embarked on this adventure with Jean-Claude Killy, tri(…) - 20minutes
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