David Lappartient is bitter. The CNOSF will receive 7 million euros less than what he expected from the State, which continues to tighten the screws to clean up the country's finances. The president of the body expressed his concern about this in the columns of L'Equipe. "I am aware of France's financial situation. If an effort is required, we can look at things, but it's all a question of proportion.", he explains, « angry with the method, the proportion and little consideration" as evidenced by this decision.
He hopes for an intervention from the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, to restore order to the situation. Otherwise, adverse consequences for programs related to the legacy of the Games or part of the jobs at the CNOSF. “Not all of our funding comes from the state, but we cannot absorb such a shock, he warns. This means that we are not unable to send our French teams to China for the World Games (August 7-17), nor at the Youth Olympic Festival (July 20-26). This will also jeopardize our program of preparation for the Olympic Games and Milan-Cortina. The situation is serious."
