Virginie Phulpin 07:31, March 18, 2022
Every day, the morning of Europe 1 returns to one of the sporting events which makes the news.
Friday, Virginie Phulpin returns to the absence of most of the candidates for the presidential election at the great oral on the theme of sport organized by the CNOSF.
The CNOSF, the French Olympic Committee, organized Thursday a great oral of the presidential candidates on the theme of sport.
And they are only three to have answered present.
Sport is definitely absent from this campaign.
If the XV of France beats England tomorrow at the Stade de France and achieves the Grand Slam in the 6 Nations Tournament, in your opinion, how many presidential candidates will congratulate the Blues and spread the virtues of sport which makes our national pride?
No suspense: all!
A tweet here, a selfie there.
With each medal, with each cup, with each achievement of our champions, we are entitled to these tributes with our hearts on our hands.
Now how many candidates have responded to the invitation of the CNOSF for its great oral on sport?
Three !
Anne Hidalgo, Yannick Jadot and Fabien Roussel.
Thanks to them anyway.
But why were they so few?
That says a lot about the place of sport in this campaign, about the importance we give to sport in this country too.
Any.
Except to show off when our athletes win.
There are 16 million sports licensees in France.
Do we pretend they don't exist?
We have already forgotten the great phrases of two years ago, at the heart of the first confinement, when we said to ourselves how essential sport was for health, for learning to live in a group, for respect for rules, for mutual aid, and to make France shine internationally as far as the high level is concerned?
The list is long…
and to make France shine on the international level as far as the high level is concerned?
The list is long…
and to make France shine on the international level as far as the high level is concerned?
The list is long…
In their defense, the presidential candidates have very full agendas…
This is where the CNOSF and its partners made a mistake.
They wanted it to be the candidates in person who come to defend their project for the sport.
And indeed, an entire morning to talk about sports can seem a bit time-consuming.
And a little off the mark, especially with regard to the international situation.
Even if it was not the war in Ukraine that made sport disappear from the countryside.
He was already absent before.
But let's admit.
It would undoubtedly have been more effective to bring those who deal directly with the sporting theme into the candidates' teams.
Not necessarily the candidates themselves.
It might have saved us that empty chair policy.
And this bitter conclusion that sport does not interest most politicians.
There are some interesting questions that came up yesterday.
Do we need a full-service sports ministry?
What status for top athletes?
How to renovate the many aging sports facilities in our territories?
Sport at school, health sport… Let's not forget either that sport in France is obviously made up of volunteers, but also 150,000 employees.
And a sector that could create 50,000 jobs in the next five years.
Does anyone still care?
France will host the Rugby World Cup next year, the Olympic and Paralympic Games in two years.
At that time, no doubt, there will be people to encourage the Blues.
But Thursday we were quite far from the sporting nation.
Do we need a full-service sports ministry?
What status for top athletes?
How to renovate the many aging sports facilities in our territories?
Sport at school, health sport… Let's not forget either that sport in France is obviously made up of volunteers, but also 150,000 employees.
And a sector that could create 50,000 jobs in the next five years.
Does anyone still care?
France will host the Rugby World Cup next year, the Olympic and Paralympic Games in two years.
At that time, no doubt, there will be people to encourage the Blues.
But Thursday we were quite far from the sporting nation.
Do we need a full-service sports ministry?
What status for top athletes?
How to renovate the many aging sports facilities in our territories?
Sport at school, health sport… Let's not forget either that sport in France is obviously made up of volunteers, but also 150,000 employees.
And a sector that could create 50,000 jobs in the next five years.
Does anyone still care?
France will host the Rugby World Cup next year, the Olympic and Paralympic Games in two years.
At that time, no doubt, there will be people to encourage the Blues.
But Thursday we were quite far from the sporting nation.
sport and health… Let's not forget either that sport in France is obviously made up of volunteers, but also 150,000 employees.
And a sector that could create 50,000 jobs in the next five years.
Does anyone still care?
France will host the Rugby World Cup next year, the Olympic and Paralympic Games in two years.
At that time, no doubt, there will be people to encourage the Blues.
But Thursday we were quite far from the sporting nation.
sport and health… Let's not forget either that sport in France is obviously made up of volunteers, but also 150,000 employees.
And a sector that could create 50,000 jobs in the next five years.
Does anyone still care?
France will host the Rugby World Cup next year, the Olympic and Paralympic Games in two years.
At that time, no doubt, there will be people to encourage the Blues.
But Thursday we were quite far from the sporting nation.
no doubt, there will be people to encourage the Blues.
But Thursday we were quite far from the sporting nation.
no doubt, there will be people to encourage the Blues.
But Thursday we were quite far from the sporting nation.