MADRID, 25 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Culture Commission of the Congress has endorsed this Tuesday a modification in the Sports Law to open the door to the participation of regional teams in official international competitions in cases of sports of “historical roots” in their communities, such as the Vasca ball.
It is a transactional amendment that states that “autonomous federations may participate directly in official international sports competitions if the international federation contemplates it in sports modalities with historical and social roots in their autonomous community”, or if the autonomous federation is registered in the international federation even before the Spanish one.
Of course, a second point is added emphasizing that “the participation of the regional sports federation in international competitions will take place prior agreement with the Higher Sports Council (CSD)”, which will entail the support of the entry of the regional federation in the international .
In the rest of sports, the obligation for the regional federations to join the Spanish one to participate in international competitions will be maintained.
The transactional amendment has been promoted by the PNV and has had the support of the PSOE, United We Can and Bildu, while the PP, Vox and Cs have spoken out against it.
