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After the government's decision to close the ski lifts for the Christmas holidays, the presidents of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, the departments of Savoie, Isère and Haute-Savoie and mountain professionals announced on Wednesday that 'they were going to seize the Council of State.

"The decision to close the ski lifts and its impact on the mountain economy is generating a deep misunderstanding in our territories", underline these elected officials and professionals in a press release.

“Why this ax only on the French mountain?

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Deploring the failure of attempts at dialogue with the government, the latter therefore indicated that they “decided together to take legal action”.

"A freedom summary will be filed Thursday afternoon before the Council of State," said Laurent Wauquiez, LR president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

“We do it because we have the feeling that this is the only way to be heard.

Controlling those who are going to ski in Switzerland does not make sense, ”said Laurent Wauquiez.

Criticized by the opposition, Laurent Wauquiez in the lead, on the measure to close the lifts, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Wednesday that the government was also considering a seven-day isolation period for French people returning from skiing abroad during the festivities.

“The stations in Austria and Switzerland are open, and in France you can take the TGV, the metro, you can go to the cinema or to a theater at Christmas but not on a chairlift.

We are ready to make sacrifices but there is no consistency here.

Why this ax only on the French mountain?

», Protested Laurent Wauquiez.

Strict protocols without going as far as prohibition

According to the initiators of the referral “other solutions exist” such as “strict health protocols without going as far as prohibition”, which they consider “disproportionate and not justified by health imperatives, especially at a time when the situation health is improving ”.

This summary is carried by Laurent Wauquiez, Jean-Pierre Barbier, Hervé Gaymard and Christian Monteil, presidents of the departments of Isère, Savoie and Haute-Savoie, who will "soon be joined by other mountain players from other massifs" , indicates the press release.

Also signatory of the text, Jean-Luc Boch, president of the national association of the mayors of mountain resorts (ANMSM), affirmed that the ban measure “threatens the employment of hundreds of thousands of seasonal workers”.

“We cannot play with men's work,” he added.

On Wednesday, more than 2,000 people, representing the entire mountain ecosystem, demanded in Bourg-Saint-Maurice (Savoie) and Bourg d'Oisans (Isère) the right to work from the Christmas period despite the government veto .

The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region represents 75% of French ski jobs.

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