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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9590

30 January 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 33
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/council of europe
Commercialism a threat to sport in Europe

Brussels, 29/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - Meeting last week in Strasbourg, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) warned that the unprecedented increase in the economic emphasis placed on certain professional sports - particularly in connection with TV retransmission rights - was becoming a threat to Europe's democratic vision of sport as something open to everyone. In a resolution adopted on 24 January, the Assembly called on European governments to 'uphold the European...

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