Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-06-15-Speech-2-679"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-06-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Sport, specifically concerning players’ agents (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100615.35.2-679"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-06-15-Speech-2-6802
lpv:speaker	lp:Androulla Vassiliou2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I believe that we all agree on the importance of sport and that it can be very enjoyable for all of us. I thank you all very much for your input and proposals which will be seriously taken into account. There is no doubt that some EU action is desirable; sports federations do not have the powers to intervene in some of the worse cases of malpractice. Such problems now take on a transnational dimension as sport becomes more globalised. The internationalisation of professional sport makes it difficult to adopt a national approach to problems of a systemic nature. The EU can play a coordinating role and help to ensure a harmonised approach to the issue of agents. We might, for example, use the new competence acquired by the EU for the harmonisation of criminal law. Many actors within the sports movement would certainly welcome our support. Of course, whatever action we decide to take, we will work closely with the relevant federations and I intend to publish – as you know – a communication on sport very soon and this communication will certainly look at this issue in more detail. It would be wrong to prejudice the discussions which we need to have with you, the Parliament, as well as the sports movement itself. I am looking forward to working closely with you to take this issue forward."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Androulla Vassiliou,"1 "Member of the Commission."1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

Named graphs describing this resource:

The resource appears as object in 2 triples

Context graph