Press Release: Kicking violence out of sport: UEFA and EU host high-level conference against violence in sport

The European Commission, jointly with the Portuguese Presidency of the Council, the European Parliament and in association with UEFA, is holding a high-level conference entitled, 'Towards a European Union Strategy against violence in sport' on 28 and 29 November 2007 in Brussels. The distinguished participants include European Commission Vice-President Franco Frattini, European Commissioner Ján Figel', high ranking representatives from the Member States, members of the European Parliament, the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and the UEFA President, Michel Platini.

European Commission: SPEECH07/766: Closing intervention on violence in sport http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/07/766&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: COM (2007) 391: White Paper on Sport http://ec.europa.eu/sport/whitepaper/wp_on_sport_en.pdf

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