European Parliament
A7-0385/2011
Inês Zuber  (GUE/NGL ),
in writing.
(PT)
We believe that free and universal access to quality participation in sport is key to the social and personal development of individuals, and that it should be guaranteed for everyone, without any kind of discrimination. This right should be guaranteed by the Member States through grants for sports organisations, but also for schools and for popular associations, which have a vital role in this area.
As I agree, in general, that this report is a step in the right direction, since it promotes sports and proposes a dedicated and ambitious budget for sports policy, we nevertheless think that funding for amateur sports should be safeguarded, without making this dependent on income from gambling.
We also have another small problem: we believe that the austerity measures being imposed by overall EU policy, which are rolling back the welfare state and state education, cannot be reconciled with the ideas in this report at all.

