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"en.20041201.13.3-125"2
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"Mr President, on 17 November many Members of this House will have seen the appalling abuse of international football players at an international match between Spain and England, held in Spain. That appalling abuse was not just an isolated incident; we have seen it at international football matches and in football matches across the European Union.
This is not just about abuse of people in their workplace, the football stadium; it has a symbolism and a resonance beyond that. We believe – and many of my fellow MEPs believe – that UEFA, the body that regulates football, is not sufficiently serious about stamping out racial abuse in football.
Football is the game of Europe, it is Europe’s most prominent spectator sport. In the United States, the major spectator sports are family occasions. That is not the case in the European Union. We call on UEFA and FIFA to bring in rules to stamp out and kick out racism in football right across Europe, making it the family game that we all want to see."@en1
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