« major failures » pointed out by the Court of Auditors – Liberation

The 2023 World Cup was certainly a popular success. But behind, behind the scenes, the organization has often been criticized for its flaws in the governance and financial management of the meeting. Dysfunctions synthesized in a report shared this Tuesday, April 8 by the Court of Auditors.

According to the sages of rue Cambon, the State committed « Major failures » in controlling the organization of the World Cup in France, which has been characterized by many « Dysfunctions » And financial lossessays the Court of Auditors.

If the report of the Court of Auditors points firstly the responsibility of the first director general of the organizing committee, Claude ATCHER, that of the French Rugby Federation (FFR) and the State is committed « Due to the major failures noted in the control they should have exercised on the organizing committee »said the Court of Auditors in a report.

Florian Grill, the current president of the French Rugby Federation, alerted at the end of February on a risk of bankruptcy of the FFR. “What is more complicated is the heritage of the World Cup. The deficit is 57 million euros ”, he declared to Figaroadding: « I say it very clearly, this inheritance is not within the reach of the FFR. »

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