Alain Benedetto, Mayor of Grimaud, Vice-President of the Community of communes in charge of economic development and tourism, Departmental Councilor of the Var, is indignant at the closure of the air border crossing points at the Mole airport and the Castellet.

"As a local elected official, I know the importance of these structures for our residents and our tourism facilities. We can not conceive the Gulf of Saint-Tropez as another pool of life. The specificity of our clientele requires us to have an international airport in our territory. We, local elected official people, we fight for years to fight against the seasonality of our communes. The government has decided, without consultation, that we deserve to live and work only from June 15 to September 30 "said Alain Benedetto.

"As a departmental elected representative in charge of Europe, I find that this decision goes against all the political declarations of the President of the Republic. We can not say, our horizon is Europe and finally leave our airports open only to domestic flight during crises. We can not say that we must think about our common destiny at European level and then sit on the recommendations of the European Union when it does not go in the direction of the march! The European Commission or the European Parliament regularly reminds of the importance of business tourism and local airports. They would be wrong on this point and reason on the rest? "Asks the elected departmental.

Finally, to conclude he wonders "The Olympics 2024 in Paris have become a national cause that I supported with conviction and patriotism. The Grand Prix (GP of F1) du Castellet would not have the right to a little consideration of the government on the pretext that it is located in the Var and not in Ile de France (Paris area)? Can the patriotism and grandeur of France defend itself only in Paris? ".