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Provisional Agreements on Several EU Programmes

By Wolke7Hoch2 on January 15, 2021
As activities in the European Parliament kicked off again this week, the Committees met for the first time this year and took the opportunity to vote on several provisional agreements on new EU Programmes.  Most of these agreements had been reached as part of the trilogues with the Council just before Christmas and were now headed to the respective Committees for approval.  […]
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Sport under the Portuguese Council Presidency

By Wolke7Hoch2 on January 8, 2021
More interestingly for the sport sector, holding the Council Presidency also means chairing the meetings of the different Council configurations and the Council's preparatory bodies. This includes the Working Party on Sport. Portugal will therefore take on a prominent role in leading and shaping the agenda of these meetings. Furthermore, the programme of the Portuguese Presidency includes several […]
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Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU

By Wolke7Hoch2 on January 8, 2021
On 1 January, Portugal took over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU for 6 months until 30 June 2021. The Presidency had been held by Germany for the previous half year.  Like every Council Presidency, Portugal has an official website and an official programme for the time of their leadership.  While many activities will still be dominated and […]
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Climate Pact Launch Event

By Wolke7Hoch2 on December 18, 2020
On 16 December, the EU launched the European Climate Pact. This initiative aims to bring together people, communities and organisations to participate in climate action and build a greener Europe. Participants are thus encouraged to connect and share knowledge on sustainability, learn about climate change and work together on potential solutions. Some focus points of the launch event were: green areas, green […]
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Update on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027

By Wolke7Hoch2 on December 18, 2020
As things are moving fast towards the end of the year and, more importantly, towards the end of the current MFF, some last updates and negotiations of the new Framework and its programmes occurred. Many of the latest news are now quite final in nature. As outlined in our last Weekly Update, the EU Council adopted a conclusion on the new MFF and NextGenerationEU - the EU’s Covid-19 recovery package - just last week. This paved the way for the European Parliament and the Council […]
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Mapping Study on the Intergenerational Dimension of Sport published

By Wolke7Hoch2 on December 11, 2020
On 11 December, the European Commission released a Mapping study on the intergenerational dimension of sport. The aim of this study is to raise awareness on the benefits of intergenerational activities in sport and thus support new initiatives in the field. As the population is getting older in the EU especially, intergenerational sport activities can […]
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EP Sport Group and UNODC: Webinar on sport and corruption

By Wolke7Hoch2 on December 11, 2020
The EP Sport Group together with the UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) Brussels Office organised a webinar on 9 December titled “How to safeguard sport from corruption? A multi-stakeholder discussion on challenges and opportunities”. The moderator was Ronan Lorcan o Laoire (UNODC) and several guest speakers were invited: MEPs Violan von Cramon and Daniel Freund, the first from the Sport Group and the […]
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Update on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027

By Wolke7Hoch2 on December 11, 2020
At the current European Council Summit, EU leaders yesterday agreed on a comprise to unlock the stalled discussions over the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) as well as the Covid-19 recovery package NextGenerationEU (NGEU).  The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, the German Presidency of the EU Council and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen all confirmed the news.  The talks had previously reached a deadlock as Hungary and Poland […]
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Agreement on new Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027

By Wolke7Hoch2 on December 1, 2020
On 10 November, the negotiators of the German Council Presidency and the European Parliament reached an agreement on the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework for the period 2021-2027. The deal which was brokered during the 12th round of negotiations will still have to be approved by all Member States in the EU Council and by the Plenary of the European Parliament.   […]
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Council of Europe 16th Conference of Ministers responsible for Sport kicks off

By Wolke7Hoch2 on December 1, 2020
While the event was initially planned to take place in Athens, the opening of the 16th Conference of Sport Ministers of Council of Europe took place virtually on 5 November.   The event was opened by Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, and Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece. Both emphasised the importance of human rights in sport and through sport, […]
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