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: The Heads of Government have invited European Commission and Council to improve their consideration for specificity of sport - It is necessary to move from a declamatory attitude to actions, while taking into account social function of sport and its importance for public opinion

The Heads of Government are not satisfied. Here is sport, once more on the EU agenda on the explicit request of the Heads of government. To the general surprise, both the "conclusions" of the Feira Summit and the speech by Jacques Chirac presenting to the European Parliament the French Council Presidency's programme, cited sport among the problems to be resolved. The French President did so with a very strong sense of urgency: "We must ensure that the European Union better take into account...