02/02/2022 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 2 February, the European Commission decided to register a European citizens’ initiative (ECI) entitled “Win It On The Pitch”. The organisers of this initiative call on the Commission to protect a European model of sport “based on values, solidarity, sustainability and open competition”. They ask the Commission to adopt a recommendation that will provide a framework and guidelines for action by Member States “to protect the model of football in Europe, to recognise the social value of sport in European society and the specific nature of sport in the EU competition rules and to strengthen the EU vision and long-term policy on the future and governance of European sport”. At this stage, the Commission has not analysed the substance of the initiative: https://aeur.eu/f/4o (LC)