{"id":18415,"date":"2007-11-28T17:39:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-28T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/?p=18415"},"modified":"2026-05-26T17:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:44:11","slug":"towards-an-eu-strategy-against-violence-in-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/sk\/2007\/11\/28\/towards-an-eu-strategy-against-violence-in-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"Towards an EU strategy against violence in sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brussels, 28 November 2007<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sammy-sander-boxing-5288635-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sammy-sander-boxing-5288635-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sammy-sander-boxing-5288635-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sammy-sander-boxing-5288635-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sammy-sander-boxing-5288635-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sammy-sander-boxing-5288635-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sammy-sander-boxing-5288635-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sammy-sander-boxing-5288635-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/boxing-box-fight-boxer-sports-5288635\/\">Boxing Box Fight &#8211; Free photo on Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of State,<br>Honourable Members of the European Parliament,<br>Distinguished guests,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Ladies and Gentlemen,<br><br>It is an honour for me to open today\u2019s conference. I would like<br>to welcome many distinguished guests who have kindly accepted our<br>invitation to share their views and experience with us.<br>Your insight is going to be extremely important for us when it<br>comes to designing and implementing a Europe\u2013wide strategy against<br>violence in sport. I appreciate the close co\u2013operation between the<br>services of Vice- President Commissioner Frattini and my services, as<br>well as with UEFA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>This conference could not have occurred at a more appropriate<br>time. Important developments have taken place in the past few months<br>that have strengthened the role of sport in EU policy making. In July,<br>the Commission adopted the White Paper on Sport, its first<br>comprehensive policy document in this area. The Reform Treaty<br>finalised in Lisbon last month has included provisions on sport. This<br>inclusion will extend the competence of the Union to sport for the first<br>time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Turning now to the problem at hand, I have to say that the<br>prospects are not rosy at all. The issue of violence in sport\u2014both<br>inside and around sport facilities\u2014is unfortunately a recurrent feature.<br>We have to realise that sport can get the best and the worst out of<br>people. The challenge for public authorities and opinion leaders is to<br>allow sport to deploy its potential to the full while curbing its negative<br>impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>This was a terrible month for violence in sport. On November<br>11, a soccer fan travelling to watch an away match was shot dead by<br>the police. The incident happened miles away from the stadium after<br>two groups of rival fans had a scuffle at a service station along the<br>motorway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>It was a sad and unusual incident which is still being<br>investigated by Italian authorities. The reaction of hooligans when the<br>news spread was more significant. Fans from rival teams joined forces<br>to attack police stations and stage urban\u2013guerrilla actions in at least<br>four cities. Three top league matches were called off on the day of the<br>shooting and Italy\u2019s football authorities cancelled all matches the<br>following week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The question then is, is this a sport\u2013related problem or not? Is<br>this more than just isolated outbreak of violence from groups of<br>frustrated individuals? Is this really the worst side of the sport<br>movement in action, or are we talking about people who take football<br>as a pretext for acts of violence they would commit anyway? And why<br>do some sports seem to attract violence in a way that others do not?<br>Is this primarily a challenge for our police and security forces or<br>is concerted action within the world of sport also needed to prevent<br>this sort of incident from happening again? There are no easy answers<br>to these questions. Of one thing I am sure, though: this type of<br>violence is totally unacceptable and I condemn it wholeheartedly.<br>And we must be clear that the violence of hooligans is absolutely<br>damaging to sport. Those people do not represent any sport<br>organisation, nor do they get any support or endorsement from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>On the other hand, we ought to recognise that groups of supporters are<br>linked<br>to sports events and organisations in one way or another\u2014<br>including organised groups of troublemaking supporters.<br>So, the best answer is to pull together all our resources. Security,<br>intelligence and policing are one part of the solution; another part is to<br>engage in a constructive and frank dialogue with the sport movement.<br>This way, we can attack the problem from all sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>It is the responsibility of interior and justice ministries, police<br>and customs authorities of Member States to look at how such<br>outbreaks of violence can be prevented, and how they can be managed<br>when they occur. In this context, Vice-President Frattini and his<br>services have the role to co\u2013ordinate action at European level when<br>needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>My role and that of my services\u2014the Directorate General for<br>Education and Culture\u2014is to insert the issue into our structured<br>dialogue with the sport movement and with national authorities in<br>charge of sport. We have to change the culture surrounding certain<br>sports and we can only do that through dialogue.<br>I see this conference as an important chapter in this dialogue.<br>Today and tomorrow you will work on these issues in a very practical,<br>problem\u2013focussed way and I am looking forward to the conclusions<br>you will adopt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>III<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Ladies and Gentlemen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Our dialogue with the sport movement is closely linked to the<br>White Paper on Sport, and I would like to explain this to you in some<br>more detail. The White Paper was adopted in July this year and<br>recently endorsed at a meeting of Sports Ministers in October. The<br>White Paper on Sport includes also a section on Racism and violence.<br>These are not the same thing, of course, but they are certainly linked.<br>In our policy document we recognise that violence at sport<br>events has been shifting from inside stadiums to the areas outside,<br>including urban areas. In the White Paper we stress our commitment<br>to the prevention of violent incidents by promoting dialogue with all<br>relevant partners at international, national, regional and local levels.<br>We are aware that law enforcement authorities cannot deal with<br>the problem alone. The underlying causes of violence in sport must be<br>tackled and a multi\u2013actor approach is needed.<br><br>Our work to develop a European sports policy does not look<br>only at the principles; we have also put forward a series of possible<br>practical actions that can implement them. These are included in the<br>&#8220;Pierre de Coubertin&#8221; Action Plan, which complements the White<br>Paper. Among these suggestions, you can find that the Commission<br>encourages the exchange of best practices and of operational<br>information related to supporters who pose a potential risk of<br>violence. These exchanges should involve police services and sport<br>authorities. Particular importance should be given to police training on<br>crowd management and hooliganism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>IV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Ladies and Gentlemen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>As so much in life, managing human aggression depends to a<br>large extent on having a good method and following it. Therefore, the<br>Commission recommends that sport organisations survey existing<br>experiences, and set up procedures that would prepare them to deal<br>with episodes of violence and racist abuse during matches.<br>In addition, we call upon all the parties concerned to look into<br>the possibility for new legal instruments and other EU\u2013wide standards<br>to prevent public disorder at sport events. In other words, the<br>escalation of sport\u2013related violence may require an effort of<br>imagination on the part of the public authority.<br>In the past, many successful cases of reduction of sport\u2013related<br>violence have involved good co\u2013operation with other actors, including<br>fan communities. This is why we recommend promoting a<br>multidisciplinary approach to preventing anti\u2013social behaviour. Here<br>the focus should be on socio\u2013educational actions targeting supporters.<br>What we envisage is long\u2013term work with supporters to develop a<br>positive and non\u2013violent attitude.<br>Finally, let me confirm that the EU sports policy\u2014still in its<br>nascent stage\u2014will always be the ultimate responsibility of national<br>authorities and autonomous governance bodies of sport. However, a<br>range of existing EU programmes can already be used to fight against<br>violence and racism in sport. I am thinking of the youth and<br>citizenship policies under my responsibility, and of some programmes<br>under the responsibility of Vice- President Frattini, such as DAPHNE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>III, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, and Prevention of and Fight<br>against Crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Ladies and Gentlemen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>I have tried to give you my views on a complex issue: sport<br>related violence involves a very large number of factors. Hooliganism<br>can be regarded as the symptom of broader social ills; it can be ignited<br>by the irresponsible behaviour of some players; and it is related in<br>worrying ways to the media and to their coverage of sports events and<br>of anything related to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>But I have also illustrated the principles and the suggested<br>actions for implementation of the fledgling sports policy of the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>V<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>To conclude, I would like to share a wish with you.<br>I love sport for its power to entertain, educate, and contribute to<br>a healthy population. Athletic games are an ancient conquest of our<br>civilisation and one of the highest to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>When I see people\u2014no matter how many or few\u2014using<br>sporting events as public stages for their acts of violence, I feel that<br>something important and beautiful is lost. This is sad and totally<br>unacceptable. It is like breaking a sacrilege, defiling an old painting,<br>polluting our most cherished cultural wells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>I hope we can all come together and cure this social plague for<br>good. I hope we can all return to our sports grounds of choice in a<br>safe, festive environment, with our children and families.<br>This conference is certainly a first step in the right direction; I<br>wish you a fruitful debate and I am looking forward to your<br>contributions and conclusions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Thank you.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels, 28 November 2007 Secretary of State,Honourable Members of the European Parliament,Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honour for me to open today\u2019s conference. 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