The Spanish Government will not sign the informal declaration relating to the European sports model – proposed by France against the Super League within the framework of the Council of the European Union – as there is an open judicial process in Spain and it does not want to interfere in the ruling, according to sources. of the Higher Sports Council (CSD).
France took the measure to the Council of the European Union to regulate and eliminate this new competition promoted by Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. According to the Politico Europe media, France obtained the support of the EU this Wednesday for the European Commission to draft legislation to end the Super League project and strengthen the existing one of national competitions and UEFA. Of the signatures on the draft, the absence of Spain was surprising. The president of LaLiga, Javier Tebas, wondered on his ‘X’ social network account why the Spanish Government refused.
Spain proposes holding a formal meeting on the European sports model, once the ruling on the ‘Super League Case’ is issued. On March 14, the oral hearing is scheduled to be held in the Commercial Court number 17 of Madrid and “the Government of Spain wants to avoid any interpretation that could interfere with the judicial procedure,” the CSD points out.
This is the reason why the Spanish Government, which raised with the member countries of the European Union the appropriateness of postponing any new pronouncement regarding the European sports model, has not signed the informal declaration.
The resolution regarding the European sports model approved by the Sports Ministers of the European Union dates back to November 2021. This first agreement on the characteristics of a European sports model states that its success lies in open competitions, in freedom of association, in the focus on grassroots sport and in solidarity.
“The informal declaration approved this Wednesday ignores an issue that was raised then and that is relevant for the Government of Spain, such as that the organization of sport in Europe is based on the fundamental right of freedom of association,” the CSD indicates.
“Likewise, in the conversations held in recent days, Spain has conveyed to the member countries that the European sports model must always respond to European legislation and the legislation of the member countries, to the decisions of the Ministers of Sports. of the European Union and the resolutions of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the other competent jurisdictional bodies”, add the same sources.
