The elected officials voted on Tuesday an amendment to the Sport Proposal. They had already adopted such a provision during the separatism bill but it had been retached to the Assembly.
Le Monde with AFP
They insist. Senators again voted, Tuesday, January 18, an amendment prohibiting the port of the veil during a sports competition. They had already done it during the controversial bill on the separatism, which was then gummed by the Assembly.
This vote intervened as part of the examination of the Sport Bill Tuesday and Wednesday in the Senate. The text also includes measures on the governance of federations and the possibility of French football to create a trading company to manage TV rights.
The Amendment LR was adopted by 160 votes for and 143 against. It prohibits “the wearing of ostensible religious signs” during “sports events and sports competitions organized by sports federations and affiliated associations”. Senators Republicans (LRs) had filed in December a bill on the subject.
Opposition of the Minister of Sports
The Minister of Sports, Roxana Maracinenau, gave an unfavorable opinion to this amendment and put forward the republican commitment contract, resulting from the degree of separatism precisely, which must now sign the federations and associations.
Senators also voted an amendment to avoid “complacency certificates” that allow for EPS for other than medical patterns.
In addition, the Government has asked senators to return to a measure voted in committee in the Senate aimed at imposing the establishment of showers and locker rooms in future office space, because “premature” and highlighting the need. to talk about it before “the actors”.
Senators did not adopt the Government’s amendment but retouched the measurement, limiting it to the shower and removing the locker rooms.
They also rejected another government amendment aimed at extending physical activity adapted to people with loss of autonomy. The text rapporteur, Michel Savin (LR), pleaded for the prescription sport, which is not borne by social security, either. “Before expanding, it would be necessary to pass the repayment stage in the first place,” he argued. At the end of March, when adopting this proposal the Republic in March (LRM), the Assembly had expanded chronic diseases, in addition to long-term affections (ALD), the possibility of prescribing sport. The debate continues Tuesday night and Wednesday.