AT less than two months from the first round of the presidential election, it is no longer a marathon, but a sprint that the candidates engage. From this perspective, Point analyzes the elements of the programs linked to the practice of sport with various measures, for a daily activity, but also for the professional world, in particular football and athletes.
Emmanuel Macron: building on Paris 2024
If he has not yet formalized his candidacy, the president has not failed to recently reveal his ambitions in terms of sports policy. Last October, he said that the next Summer Olympics, organized in Paris in 2024, would give a “boost” to sport in France. Emmanuel Macron thus announced the creation of 1,000 multisports grounds, 1,000 dojos and combat sports halls, 500 skate parks, 500 paddle tennis courts, 500 3×3 basketball courts and 200 mobile sites, such as swimming pools.
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon: more parity
In a detailed booklet, Jean-Luc Mélenchon explains his measures concerning amateur and professional sport. In his viewfinder, the astronomical sums of transfers in the world of football. “Tax transfers and commissions from agents and financial intermediaries in order to strengthen support for amateur clubs”, thus proposes the candidate of La France insoumise. He also wants to encourage parity with the desire to see more and more women at the head of the various federations, but also in sports matches broadcast on television. Mélenchon also warns athletes who do not pay their taxes in France: “Prohibit any athlete who is not domiciled in France for tax purposes from participating in the national team. »
Regarding the most modest households, the 70-year-old candidate wants access to sport and clubs to be free. For sport-health, Jean-Luc Mélenchon intends to set up its reimbursement via Social Security. It also emphasizes swimming, with the establishment of “at least twelve sessions each year” for primary school students. As a reminder, last April, Roxana Maracineanu, Minister of Sports, said that only 50% of sixth graders could swim.
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Éric Zemmour: introducing quotas in football
For the moment, the polemicist has not revealed a program relating to sport, but he has already expressed his intentions. Last November, when he was the guest of Pierre Ménès, Éric Zemmour had affirmed his desire to set up quotas in professional football. “Me, I would give quotas of foreign players. I know Platini tried when he was UEFA president and failed. I know it’s doomed, but I’m telling you what I would like ideally. »
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Valérie Pécresse: helping athletes financially
“I will be the president of French sport”: in front of presidents of federations, leagues and clubs, the candidate LR unveiled, on Monday, the main lines of her program concerning sport. She thus emphasized four main principles during her presentation: “Protect high-level athletes, open sport to all, launch a major sports investment plan and put sport at the center of public policies. »
I will be the President of French sport!
With @karampatrick we presented our sport project: protection of high-level athletes, opening of sport to all, investment plan. I want sport to be the center of all public policies. #Pecresse2022 pic.twitter.com/DNTzHpzpOQ
— Valerie Pécresse (@vpecresse) February 19, 2022
Valérie Pécresse has announced her intention, if elected, to create a new Ministry of Sports and Youth. The former budget minister under Nicolas Sarkozy wants to help high-level athletes financially by setting up a status that allows them to make a better living from their passion. Finally, it also wishes to deny radicalized people access to sports associations.
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Anne Hidalgo: a new program for young people
The PS candidate wants the implementation of Peps, the Physical Education and Sports Course, intended for young people aged 3 to 20. The objective is to increase the hours of PE, but also the number of teachers and sports educators, while carrying out health and activity check-ups each year. Anne Hidalgo also wants to strengthen associative links with school groups. “In collaboration with the Usep, the UNSS, the CNOSF, these associations will make it possible to maintain a contractual link with the local clubs, to ensure the continuity and the follow-up of the practice”, assures the candidate on the page of her dedicated program. At the sports.
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Yannick Jadot: more daily sport
On January 29, the environmental candidate revealed his intentions in terms of sport. He said that culture and sport would be at the heart of his program in particular. Like the Fête de la Musique, Yannick Jadot wants to implement the “annual national sport festival in the spring”. For the youngest, it aims for one hour of daily sports practice.
The 54-year-old elected wants to invest in more infrastructure, increase the number of educators and promote access to club licenses for the most disadvantaged. For adults too, Yannick Jadot wants companies to set up slots and equipment to allow them to practice at least half an hour of sport per day. Regarding the budget dedicated to sport, he wants to increase it to three billion euros by 2025. It is currently at one billion euros.
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Fabien Roussel: compulsory sport at university
For his part, the communist candidate wants to significantly increase the number of hours dedicated to sport for young people, “from kindergarten to high school. ” Fabien Roussel also looks at students, knowing that they are no longer obliged to have sports activities when they arrive at university, a trend that he wants to change: “Will be made compulsory the integration hours devoted to sports and cultural activities in university courses. »
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Nicolas Dupont-Aignan: helping associations
The president of Debout la France aims to see jobs in clubs better valued through three levers: better training, enhanced attractiveness and more incentive communication. Nicolas Dupont-Aignan thus declares that he wants to “work to improve employment conditions (salaries, working hours, contracts)”, to help, according to him, to better anchor these employees in their associative role.
Among the other candidates, Marine Le Pen, François Asselineau, Christiane Taubira, Nathalie Arthaud or Jean Lassalle have not yet unveiled measures intended for sports activity.
