There is more Grand Prize of France of F1

Each would be well advised to convince: sport is a national issue, a matter of State. One might think that say it is a door open, if one observes the emotions created by the performance of the teams or the French champions in major international competitions.

But the essence is not in these large bursts of pride or sadness that regularly capture the nation. It is in the need to recognize the place that must be his own sport: sport is a key to the 21st century, with both major economic issues and values whose importance can only grow as they revolve around the universality of the tolerance of diversity...

Yes, sport must be considered for what it is: a national issue which requires to be served by a global commitment involving all interested stakeholders. Thus, and only thus, the France will give him the means to fully develop and to give the chance to learn all the benefits.

Sport, of course, is a human vector, bearer of personal development, transmission of values, creation of social links. But it is also, and more, this will be an economic issue of forefront, creator of growth and employment.

Remember, to take just a few examples, that a Grand Prix of F1 generates some 100 million euros of benefits, or even only a stage is a structuring equipment for development of the territory and that it generates not only additional revenues for clubs, but also the tax to the State.

Many countries have already understood, better understood than the France. The Germany, for the 2006 football world, redone all its stages, which led to real places of life in the city while giving his sources of revenues football clubs and therefore important development, without common measure with what we know in France. Conversely, in 1998, the France simply build of Saint-Denis and give a simple painting, still the question of whether to build modern stadiums. The Spain, for its part, is required on the sports scene and emerged champions in several disciplines. This is obviously not due to chance: of good infrastructure, more ways available to clubs and federations, necessarily generate best sports results in the medium term.

The image of England, the Spain is thus more and more in the choice of major sporting event, as have today a non-negligible chance of delight at Roland-Garros honour to organize one of the four Grand slam tournaments. In the same way, who would have thought that it would be in the final to Rio de Janeiro for the choice of the 2016 games, while all observers foresaw Chicago Here again, a presence and influence of all the moments in the international sports movement have proven their effectiveness.

Emerging countries, they were also well received all potentialities of an active policy in the field of sport. The clearest example comes from the Brazil, who managed the feat of winning two major events, the 2014 football World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games. But it could also include the means developed by Abu Dhabi for the Organization of a Grand Prix of F1 or construction for $ 1.4 billion of the State of the art Sporthub to Singapore, the largest sports infrastructure built in public-private partnership (PPP) in the world, which Singapore well to position itself as a place of reference in world sport and, term, hosting major international sporting events.

All of these countries, all these stories have one thing in common: sports movements, policy makers and economic actors work together to bring projects and ambitions.

France, unfortunately, has not yet managed to create this fruitful Alchemy, and risk, if it is not strong and fast made awareness, to exclude from the new geostrategy of the sport which is being. Beautifully on his past homeland of Pierre de Coubertin and pride of the French to remain the official Olympic language, the France is to marginalize.

Some French only really weigh in the sports world movement, among which Jean Todt, Michel Platini and Bernard Lapasset, or even the two French representatives on the IOC, Guy Drut and Jean-Claude Killy. The France hosted more major event since the 1998 world. The Organization of Euro 2016 will be a tough fight, yet vital to the French in particular football but also for sport in General. There is more Grand Prize of France of F1. The project innovative and daring of the new stadium of Lyon is slowed by political considerations. Too little large French groups put the sport in the heart of their business strategy as can Coca-Cola, Emirates or Allianz...

In short, none of the three major stakeholders seems to have taken the measure of the issues, the sports movement, the political or the economic world. And no real collective and concerted action is underway, the image "war machines" that are in place at the United Kingdom, in Germany, South Korea or Russia.

Yet, there is not inevitable. The sports movement must remain strong and independent, because it is the guarantor of the values that make the value of sport. The political power must fix capes and vision. The world economy must put its means and techniques to the extent of the issues... No, there is no inevitability of decline. There are only emergency response.