21/03/2012 (Agence Europe) - Football, joint declaration by Joaquín Almunia and Michel Platini. On Wednesday 21 March, Joaquín Almunia, Vice-President of the Commission, and Michel Platini, President of UEFA, issued a joint statement on the interaction between the application to professional football of financial fair play (FFP) rules by UEFA and the control of state aid in professional football by the Commission. Both disciplines seek to achieve a situation in which professional football...