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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10138
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/sport council

Ministers show desire for cooperation at first formal Sport Council

Brussels, 11/05/2010 (Agence Europe) - In the afternoon of Monday 10 May, sports ministers met for the first formal Council since the Lisbon Treaty came into effect, giving the European Union specific responsibility for cooperation on sports issues. “Sport will no longer be simply an economic activity … its social and educational role has been acknowledged,” said Spanish Sports Minister Jaime Lissavetzky. “We are not starting out from nothing, but from the White Paper adopted in...

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