Strasbourg, 07/09/2000 (Agence Europe) - "To defend sport, we must, at the same time, in the same process, defend the local amateur club, high level sport in its amateur or professional dimension", stated the President of the Council, French Minister for Youth and Sport Marie-George Buffet, refusing to "demonise financial interest in sport". Acknowledging the fact that sport needs means and that these means must not be solely public, she said, "the issue is not to set limits on a sport...