The bill was approved by the Governing Council in July 2021 and will move forward with a greater degree of consensus after the agreement. It replaces the current law, which has been in force since 1998, and provides a new legal framework for physical activity and sport.
The groups supporting the Basque government (PNV and PSE-EE) Y EH Picture They came this Thursday at a agreement for the adoption of the draft law on physical activity and sport in the Basque Country. The agreement was concluded in the meeting of the paper for the study of this project.
The draft law on physical activity and sport in the Basque Country was approved by the Governing Council on 27 July 2021 and is currently in the processing phase in the Basque Parliament. The final approval of the text in the House was already guaranteed, thanks to the absolute majority of the PNV and the PSE-EE, as both formations have 41 MEPs out of a total of 75; however, the agreement reached with EH Bildu, which has 21 parliamentarians, will allow the law to proceed with a Significantly higher degree of consensus.
This law will provide a new legal framework for physical activity and sports, after the current one, passed in June 1998, was in effect for more than two decades. The text places special emphasis on the educational aspects of minors, with a special focus on the fight against, inter alia, violence, racism, xenophobia and intolerance in sport, discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or religious reasons. These violations can lead to sanctions such as the definitive suspension of the license, fines of 6,000 to 60,000 euros, closure of sports locations and disqualifications.
Offenses related to corruption in sports, match fixing and similar offenses to maintain integrity are also criminalized.
Proposals of EH Bildu, in the text
In this sense, EH Bildu parliamentarian Rebeka Ubera has explained that the coalition will vote for the project “as soon as succeeded in converting a large part of its proposals into law“.
EH Bildu, Ubera specified, has made its contributions around four main axes: “The law goes from a mere philosophy of promoting physical activity to configuring an entire culture of active and healthy living, defines the criteria to create a unique model. from initiation to sport at school age for the whole CAV that will protect and put minors at the center, open multiple avenues for the development and promotion of inclusion, and pave the way for structuring the competition framework for Euskal Herria from a country perspective “.
Ubera has emphasized that for the first time the culture of active and healthy living has been included on the political agenda: “The law will go beyond the classic concept of a sports center, to create open, safe and adequate spaces for the practice of physical activity and the game, for example in view of the construction of the network of cycle routes of the Basque Country,” he emphasized.
With regard to school-age sports, EH Bildu has emphasized that the law will define three stages of school-age sports (up to 6 years, from 6 to 12 years and from 12 to 16 years), and has pointed out that the axes De The backbone of sports initiation will be educational centers: “In secondary, government departments should offer programs aimed at those outside of federated sports.”
“Each sports federation, in collaboration with the Basque Federation of Adapted Sports, must draw up a protocol for the integration of athletes with disabilities and their teams in regular sports federations. Likewise, the development of mixed competitions is being considered,” states EH Bildu, who has also appreciated that the law “opens the door for the CAV federations to organize competitions in collaboration with the federations of Navarra and Ipar Euskal Herria, and will furthermore promote the participation of Basque teams in official competitions, including internationally.
The PNV parliamentarian Rakel Molina pointed out that the points of agreement with the nationalist coalition “go towards” the challenges and changes proposed by the Basque government in its project, and appreciates what has been signed to promote the gender perspective, inclusive sport, fight against violence and racism, the role of government services in promoting sports or school sports in the 0-6 age group.
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