This was the fear of many players in the industry. The proposed sports budget, apart from an expected decline after the end of the Olympic Games, suffered a drop of almost 12%, going from nearly 830 million euros to nearly 730 million, according to figures communicated this Thursday October 10 by the Ministry of Sports.
The drop is more significant if we include the drop in credits previously allocated to the Olympics, the budget falling in total from 1.06 billion euros to around 730 million, or almost 270 million euros less. This drop breaks down between 154 million euros in Olympic credits less and 114 million euros excluding the Olympics, according to the Ministry of Sports.
The allocation planned for the National Sports Agency (ANS), however, has not been specified. “One of the major objectives will be to strengthen our support for high performance,” recalled new Minister Gil Avérous when he took office. We must offer them cutting-edge infrastructures and develop training, particularly in disciplines where our potential is still untapped. » The Ministry of Sports also specified that the financial guarantee that the State provided to the IOC for the Winter Games in 2030 in the French Alps amounted to “nearly 500 million euros”.
This drop in the sports budget comes barely two months after the end of the Paris Olympics, during which France, 5th, achieved the best performance in its history with 16 gold medals and 64 medals in total. During the Paralympic Games, she finished in 8th place in the medal table with 75 medals including 19 gold, a result that met the objectives set at the start of the competition.
