Sports federations: Minister Oudéa-Castéra denounces a “militant” and “instrumentalized for political purposes” parliamentary report

La ministre des Sports et de l'Education est épinglée dans un rapport. MAXPPP – Alexis Sciard

The report in question denounces "systemic failures" in matters of ethics and the fight against sexual violence.

The Minister of National Education and Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castéra on Monday qualified the parliamentary inquiry report on sports federations as "activist", believing that his work had been "instrumentalized for political purposes" , his entourage informed AFP.

The conclusions of this report, which castigates "systemic failures" in matters of ethics and the fight against sexual violence, " without nuance cast opprobrium on all those involved in French sport", also believes the minister, in turmoil since her arrival at National Education due to the schooling of her children in a posh private school.

"This activist report presents a caricatured vision of French sport", his entourage said. Amélie Oudéa-Castéra is herself singled out in this report, as having received abnormal remuneration "" while she was general director of the French Tennis Federation, an amount she "minimized" judging it comparable to that of its predecessor.

A report written by an environmentalist MP

"It is regrettable that the work of this commission of inquiry, on a serious and central subject in the minister's roadmap, has been used for political purposes", continues his entourage. "Omerta on all floors" and "between yourself ": the report written by the environmentalist MP Sabrina Sebaihi paints over 250 pages a vitriolic portrait of French sport, considering it corrupted by the "culture of secrecy, lies and false testimony" and "not sufficiently accustomed to accountability".

"The ministry will continue and amplify its work in favor of ethics and the fight against all violence and discrimination, carried out with firmness and rigor, alongside those who play sport on a daily basis and all those who want to contribute to it", added the entourage of the Minister of Sports.< /p>

She also, as announced, recalled that this month she was launching a "large-scale consultation" with a view to a post-JO law in favor "of more ethical and more democratic governance and the protection of practitioners".