Press Release: A Eurobarometer survey shows that Europeans are in favour of a reference to sport in the Constitution

On the occasion of the closing ceremony of the European Year of Education through Sport 2004, the European Commission published the results of a special Eurobarometer survey conducted in October 2004 in the 25 Member States. The survey stressed that European public opinion was overwhelmingly in favour of the objectives pursued through the programme for the Year, notably the importance of sport in conveying certain essential values such as team spirit, discipline and comradeship. The people interviewed reasserted their desire to see sport feature more prominently in the school curriculum. Finally, 62% of Europeans felt that there was a case for a reference to sport being included in the Constitutional Treaty.