Sources
149 public sources consulted to document this case. Every claim on this site is backed by one or more of these references.
Original Documents
7 document(s) — direct download (PDF)
Regional Press
30 source(s)
- Rue89 Strasbourg — Confidential Europa Vallee meetings (7 July 2025)
- Rue89 Strasbourg — Mack family pressure on Alsatian elected officials
- Rue89 Strasbourg — CEA prepares the ground: SCoT modification
- Rue89 Strasbourg — Europa Vallee report: 260,000 euros of public money
- Rue89 Strasbourg — Contents of the Europa Vallee / Central Alsace study
- Rue89 Strasbourg — Europa-Park: a hotel complex on 150+ hectares
- Rue89 Strasbourg — Bierry and Haut-Koenigsbourg / Mack family
- Rue89 Strasbourg — Op-ed: natural habitats sold to the highest bidder
- Rue89 Strasbourg — Europa-Park abandons France-Germany cable car
- Rue89 Strasbourg — Europa-Park filed the Europa Vallee trademark
- Rue89 Strasbourg — Rally in Rhinau against Europa Vallee
- Rue89 Strasbourg — Pfliegersdoerffer, territorial identity and Europa Vallee
- Rue89 Strasbourg — Florian Kobryn (LFI) on Europa Vallee
- Rue89 Strasbourg — Top 10 most-read articles in 2025
- Rue89 Strasbourg — Impacts and investigations of 2025
- France 3 Grand Est — The mysterious Europa Vallee project returns
- France 3 Grand Est — Legion of Honour for the Macks
- France 3 Grand Est — 156M euros in economic benefits from Europa-Park in Alsace
- France 3 Grand Est — Europa-Park / Alsace cable car put on hold
- France Bleu Alsace — Europa-Park still dreams of crossing the Rhine
- France Bleu Alsace — 156M euros in economic benefits from Europa-Park in Alsace
- France Bleu Alsace — Environmental groups campaign against Europa Vallee
- France Bleu Alsace — France-Germany cable car buried
- France Bleu Alsace — Protest in Plobsheim against MackNext
- France Bleu Alsace — Jetzt Langt's, the German opposition
- Alterpresse68 — Demonstration in Marckolsheim against Europa Valley
- La Feuille de Chou — Le Chaudron and Jetzt langt's against MackNext
- Strasinfo — Why Europa-Park owners received the Legion of Honour
- Alsace Actu — 2026 municipal elections in Erstein
- Pokaa — 2026 municipal elections, Kobryn leads LFI list in Strasbourg
German and Swiss Press
27 source(s)
- Badische Zeitung — Europa-Park plans hotels and shops in Alsace
- Badische Zeitung — Mack: plans 'quasi fertig' (nearly ready)
- Badische Zeitung — Petition against Europa Valley
- Badische Zeitung — Joint Franco-German protest
- Badische Zeitung — 120 people demonstrate against expansion
- Badische Zeitung — Transport links unclear
- Badische Zeitung — Creative campus Plobsheim, critics fear for nature
- Badische Neueste Nachrichten — Silence and contradictions
- BNN — 150-hectare holiday village in Alsace
- Stuttgarter Zeitung — Green and quiet at Europa Vallee (tunnel mentioned)
- Handelsblatt — Europapark owners want cable car to France
- taz — Cable car plans anger ecologists (national coverage)
- Parkerlebnis.de — Europa Valley: DPMA trademark filing
- Parkerlebnis.de — Petition against Europa Valley
- Parkerlebnis.de — Cable car will not be built
- Mitwelt — 50 years of Europa-Park: overtourism and the limits of growth
- Mitwelt — No cable car over the Taubergiessen
- Heidelberg24 — Mega holiday resort, latest leak
- Heidelberg24 — Development centre Plobsheim
- Schwarzwaelder Bote — Petition against holiday village in Alsace
- Schwarzwaelder Bote — No concrete concept yet
- Schwaebische Zeitung — 'Quasi fertig', Europa-Park boss on new plans
- NZZ — A cable car to relieve Europa-Park traffic
- Tages-Anzeiger — Europa-Park plans new branch in Alsace
- BZ Basel — Petition aims to prevent second Europapark
- Blick — Europa-Park puts cable car on ice
- EP-Board.de — Europa-Park fan forum, Europa Valley thread
National Press and Investigations
10 source(s)
- Reporterre — The abandonment of Center Parcs Roybon is only a step
- Basta! — Abandonment of Center Parcs Roybon
- Wikipedia — Center Parcs Chambaran Forest (Roybon, key figures)
- Le JDD — Michael Mack: 'We run Europa-Park with the heart'
- Le Journal des Entreprises — Europa-Park generates 156M euros in Alsace
- Or Norme no. 36 — Michael Mack profile (Europa-Park)
- TourHebdo — Europa Vallee impact study in Alsace
- L'Echo Touristique — Europa-Park ready to cross the border?
- MisterTravel — Europa-Park still considering Alsace expansion
- ValdYerres — Europa Vallee, green and quiet?
Case Law and Court Decisions
14 source(s)
- Grenoble Admin. Court, 16 July 2015 — Water law authorisation annulled (Roybon)
- Lyon Admin. Court of Appeal, 16 December 2016 — Water law and Natura 2000 appeals (Roybon)
- Council of State, 22 February 2017, no. 386325 — Wetland definition
- Council of State, 21 November 2018, no. 408175 — SDAGE compatibility
- Grenoble Admin. Court, 30 May 2023 — Full annulment of Maurienne SCoT (env. assessment)
- Lyon Admin. Court of Appeal, 9 July 2025 — Maurienne SCoT on appeal (partial annulment, 4 UTN)
- Grenoble Admin. Court, 9 April 2021 — Interim relief: 1st partial suspension of a SCoT in France
- Grenoble Admin. Court, 13 April 2023 — PLUi Bievre-Isere / Center Parcs (irregular inclusion)
- Nantes Admin. Court of Appeal, 18 March 2025 — Full annulment of Gulf of Morbihan SCoT
- Lyon Admin. Court, 9 December 2025 — SCoT Bugey modification annulled (EPR2)
- Douai Admin. Court of Appeal, 12 Oct. 2021 — SCoT Pays de Valois (Natura 2000 biodiversity)
- Wetlands Portal — Case law database (550+ decisions)
- Council of State — Administrative judge and urban planning (thematic dossier)
- Legifrance — Legislation and regulations
Institutional and Administrative Sources
17 source(s)
- Our SCoTERS analysis — Europa Vallee excluded, constraints detailed
- SCoTERS — Revised SCoT approved (December 2025)
- SCoTERS — Public inquiry on the revised SCoT
- SCoTERS — SCoT under revision (tracking page)
- MRAe Grand Est — Opinion no. 2025AGE38 on SCoTERS (PDF, 13 pages)
- MRAe Grand Est — MRAe and PPA opinions compiled (PDF)
- CEA — Resolution CP-2025-4-1-7 (closed-door vote on Europa Vallee)
- HATVP — Declaration record of Frederic Bierry
- HATVP — Declaration record of Catherine Graef-Eckert
- CEA — Vice-presidents and delegations
- CNER — Bierry, ADIRA president, becomes CEA president
- ADIRA — Europa-Park announces investment in Alsace
- National Assembly — Germain Gengenwin record
- Legifrance — Appointment decree of Michel Robquin (sub-prefect)
- CADA — Commission for Access to Administrative Documents
- HATVP — Register of lobbyists
- BANATIC — INSEE municipal populations, 2023 vintage (affected municipalities)
Company Registers
12 source(s)
- Annuaire Entreprises — Mack One France SAS (SIREN 893 901 678)
- Pappers — Mack One France SAS
- Societe.com — Mack One France SAS
- NorthData — Mack Media & Brands GmbH & Co KG (Europa Valley trademark)
- NouMa — Central Alsace study tender (public procurement)
- Tourisme-Espaces — ADIRA public contract (260,000-euro study)
- Europa-Park — Mack One France careers portal
- Mack Group — Legion of Honour press release
- Mack Group — Univ. of St. Gallen study: Europa-Park benefits in Alsace
- Pappers — SCI Maison Jean de Beaumont (SIREN 953 923 877, Diebolsheim)
- JDS — Chateau d'Ollwiller and restaurant Amitie (Mack family)
- Ambassadeurs d'Alsace — MackNeXT launches project in Alsace (2019)
Honours and Diplomatic Roles
4 source(s)
Environmental Organisations
16 source(s)
- Alsace Nature — Regional nature protection association
- Alsace Nature — MackNext Plobsheim public inquiry
- LPO Alsace — Bird protection league
- CEN Alsace — Natural Areas Conservatory
- ODONAT Grand Est — Regional wildlife data office
- FNE — France Nature Environnement
- FNE — Center Parcs, the bubble bursts (Roybon press release)
- INPN — ZNIEFF 420007186, Ried de Trulygraben (Eurasian Curlew, Herbsheim)
- INPN — Natura 2000 site FR4201797 (Rhine-Ried-Bruch alluvial sector)
- Ramsar — Site no. 1810, Upper Rhine / Oberrhein (22,413 ha)
- JNE — The Eurasian Curlew in Alsace, a bird on the brink of extinction
- Rhinaissance 2.0 — Interreg Rhine restoration programme
- BUND South Upper Rhine — Taubergiessen cable car and nature conservation
- NABU South Baden — Taubergiessen, one of Europe's last paradises
- NABU Freiburg — Opposition to Taubergiessen cable car
- LNV Baden-Wuerttemberg — Cable car through nature reserve is a 'Schnapsidee'
Opposition Groups and Coalitions
14 source(s)
- Le Chaudron des Alternatives — Europa Vallee & MackNext campaign
- Le Chaudron — Initial denunciation of the project (December 2020)
- Le Chaudron — Europa Vallee resurfaces 3 years after abandonment
- Le Chaudron — Abandonment press release (June 2024, premature)
- Le Chaudron — Cable car abandonment
- Le Chaudron — Letter to authorities funding the study
- Le Chaudron — First phase of the ADIRA study
- Le Chaudron — Resistance networks (partners)
- GCO Non Merci — Europa Vallee, land consumption and flawed approach
- Jetzt Langt's — German citizens' group from Rust
- Jetzt Langt's — Nein zum Europa Valley!
- PCSCP — Pour les Chambarans Sans Center Parcs (Roybon)
- Change.org petition — No to Europa Valley (5,000+ signatures)
- Telegram channel — NonEuropaVallee
Academic and Biographical Sources
5 source(s)
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