Press Release: High-level discussions in Biarritz on the European sport agenda

The European Commission organised the first ever EU Sport Forum in Biarritz on 26 and 27 November. Key sport stakeholders discussed the implementation of the 2007 White Paper on Sport, the financing of grassroots sport and the specificity of sport. The Forum took place in connection with the informal meeting of EU Sport Ministers under the French EU Presidency on 27 and 28 November. In the presence of IOC President Jacques Rogge, FIFA President Sepp Blatter, UEFA President Michel Platini together with other sport stakeholders and EU Sport Ministers addressed policy and governance questions in sport.