Unpleasantly surprised. And quite worried. At the end of a successful Olympic and Paralympic summer, and after repeated promises to prolong it by supporting sports practice in France – the “legacy” – the deputies and senators demonstrated, respectively on Tuesday, October 29 and Wednesday, October 30, their incomprehension regarding the Fall of state funding for sports. And in particular the financing for sports equipment.
Yes, on this last point, the Minister of Sports, Youth and Community Life, Gil Avérous, assures that the“we will be able to satisfy the needs » local authorities, His words are not convincing. For the deputy (Together for the Republic group) Benjamín Dirx, there are reasons to “they question the sustainability of the Generation 2024 plan,” through which the State has committed to mobilizing 100 million euros annually for three years (2024, 2025, 2026) to support communities in the construction of 5,000 sports infrastructures.
The draft budget for 2025 “does not provide for any payment credit” In this regard, points out the draftsman of the opinion on the credits of the sports mission in the finance committee. “And the forecasts [de budget] By 2026, do not repay these 100 million euros of payment credits, which were initially planned for 2025.”duck.
Before the deputies, as before the senators, Mr. Avérous explained that it is not strictly a question of a cancellation of credits, but of“an adjustment to disbursement forecasts.” That is to say, a gap in payments to the communities. “This year, of the 100 million euros allocated, only 4 million have been spent. Therefore, we have 96 million reports” by 2025, says the minister.
“It was the previous government that made the decision to freeze part of the credits” of the Generation 2024 plan this year, recalls senator (Les Républicains) Michel Savin. And that is why, he adds, the National Sports Agency (ANS), which manages its distribution, “ was unable to release funding for projects to which it had responded favorably. Hence the only 4 million euros consumed.
“Communities are waiting”
“Resources are needed to carry out projects [d’équipements] structuring [gymnases, piscines etc.], that cost between 4 and 5 million euros and that municipalities cannot afford alone”, insists the deputy (socialist Paris) Christophe Proença.
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