MADRID, 7 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish Government explained its decision not to sign the joint declaration proposed by France among the members of the European Union against the Super League, as it had an open judicial process in Spain and did not want to interfere in the ruling.
According to CSD sources told Europa Press this Wednesday, Spain argued its reasons to the rest of the member countries for not signing this “informal declaration” proposed by France about the European sports model, with the Super League in the spotlight.
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, but the Spanish Executive decided not to sign the declaration “because the 'Super League Case' is sub judice”, with the proposal of hold a “formal meeting to debate the common position on the European sports model, once the ruling on the 'Super League Case' is issued.”
And, as the CSD explains, the oral hearing is scheduled to be held on March 14 in the Commercial Court number 17 of Madrid and “the Government of Spain wants to avoid any interpretation that could interfere in the judicial procedure that is taking place. Is developing”. “Spain is the only country in the European Union in which there is an open judicial procedure,” he recalls.
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. From the CSD, it is pointed out that the reason is respect for an open judicial process, while “it was proposed to the member countries of the European Union the appropriateness of postponing any new pronouncement regarding the European sports model until there is a judgment”.
On the other hand, in the conversations held in recent days, Spain has conveyed to the member countries that “the European sports model must always respond to the legislation of the European Parliament and the national Parliaments, 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 judicial bodies”.