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The Ministry of Sports responds to Jean-Michel Aulas

Here is a declaration which did not pass, but then not at all. The Ministry of Sports did not appreciate the little sentence of Jean-Michel Aulas in The team from this Friday: “The State, which has not done much for sectors of activity such as events and sports, will have to support us. “

In response, the Ministry of Sports recalls: “Without taking into account the amounts paid by the State for the partial activity or the Loans guaranteed by the State – for example, OL took out two in a few months, one for € 92.6 million in July and one of 76.4 M € last December – professional football clubs are already beneficiaries of at least 75 million euros for the year 2020 alone as compensation for ticket office losses (being disbursed by the ministry) and exemptions from social contributions ”, we let the ministry know.

“Massive and unique aid in Europe”

At the same time, and at the instigation of the government, the ceiling of € 800,000 per public aid company (including the solidarity fund, exemptions from charges and community aid) set by the European Commission, has just been raised to 1.8 million euros.“In fact, all professional clubs and in particular those of football will be able to benefit even more favorably from the aids put in place by the Government , continues in the office of Roxana Maracineanu.

It remains keen to support each sector of the economy. In particular professional sport as an amateur. It was a great expectation of the sector. The Ministry of Sports recalls that aid for professional sport is massive and unique in Europe. ” Last point put forward by the public authorities, the will of the executive to allow

“The continuity of the professional activity of athletes, in particular with the maintenance of the French Football Cup under extremely strict health control, thus generating significant and eagerly awaited federal activity as well as guaranteed own resources of several tens of millions of euros for the world of football ”.

Arnaud Hermant

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