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Madam President, the agreement that has been reached does not, to any extent, prejudge legal challenges before the Court of Justice. It is, of course, obvious that neither the Commission nor this House would ever allow themselves to interfere in the judges’ work. It is fortunate that democracy is founded on the division of powers. It is therefore up to the judges in the Court in Luxembourg to decide on their course of action.
I would however like to mention that, last year, the judges issued a ruling in two cases that had important implications for sport. The rulings that were issued show that the Court in Luxembourg takes into account the independence of federations as well as the social dimension of sport. I am referring to the Lehtonen and the Liège rulings. With regard to the Balog ruling, we have to respect the judgment of the Court.
With regard to the omnipresent fear that the system of the richest clubs transferring money to less wealthy clubs will not work properly, I, unfortunately, can say no more about this. There was a demand for this system. It has been decided how the system will work and we will only know if it works when it is implemented.
Madam President, I also expect the Members of Parliament who are involved in this issue to inform the Commission when, in their constituency, they notice that the system is not working as it should under the terms of the agreement between the Commission and FIFA. I believe that we should work together more closely on this, because what we all want is to protect the social dimension of sport, to protect smaller clubs and to protect young players. So let us all keep an eye on how this works out in practice."@en1
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