Written declaration No. 487 | Doc. 12671 | 14 October 2011

Urgent need to address integrity challenges to sport

Signatories: Ms Cecilia KEAVENEY, Ireland ; Ms Fátima ABURTO BASELGA, Spain, SOC ; Lord Donald ANDERSON, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Florin Serghei ANGHEL, Romania, EPP/CD ; Mr Alexander van der BELLEN, Austria, SOC ; Ms Anna BELOUSOVOVÁ, Slovak Republic, EDG ; Ms Marie-Louise BEMELMANS-VIDEC, Netherlands, EPP/CD ; Mr Joe BENTON, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Fernand BODEN, Luxembourg, EPP/CD ; Lord Tim BOSWELL, United Kingdom, EDG ; Ms Karmela CAPARIN, Croatia, EPP/CD ; Ms Lise CHRISTOFFERSEN, Norway, SOC ; Ms Deirdre CLUNE, Ireland, EPP/CD ; Mr Michael CONNARTY, United Kingdom, SOC ; Ms Viola von CRAMON-TAUBADEL, Germany, SOC ; Mr Per DALGAARD, Denmark, EDG ; Mr Joseph DEBONO GRECH, Malta, SOC ; Ms Ismeta DERVOZ, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EPP/CD ; Mr Jim DOBBIN, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Jeffrey DONALDSON, United Kingdom, EDG ; Alexander [The Earl of] DUNDEE, United Kingdom, EDG ; Ms Lydie ERR, Luxembourg, SOC ; Mr Joseph FALZON, Malta, EPP/CD ; Mr Joseph FENECH ADAMI, Malta, EPP/CD ; Mr Relu FENECHIU, Romania, ALDE ; Ms Blanca FERNÁNDEZ-CAPEL BAÑOS, Spain, EPP/CD ; Mr Axel E. FISCHER, Germany, EPP/CD ; Mr Terence FLANAGAN, Ireland, EPP/CD ; Mr Gvozden Srećko FLEGO, Croatia, SOC ; Ms Doris FROMMELT, Liechtenstein, EPP/CD ; Mr Martin FRONC, Slovak Republic, EPP/CD ; Mr Ljubo GERMIČ, Slovenia, ALDE ; Mr Andreas GROSS, Switzerland, SOC ; Ms Ana GUŢU, Republic of Moldova, ALDE ; Mr Mike HANCOCK, United Kingdom, ALDE ; Mr Norbert HAUPERT, Luxembourg, EPP/CD ; Mr Andres HERKEL, Estonia, EPP/CD ; Mr Jean HUSS, Luxembourg ; Mr Mogens JENSEN, Denmark, SOC ; Mr Morgan JOHANSSON, Sweden, SOC ; Ms Francine JOHN-CALAME, Switzerland, SOC ; Mr Birkir Jón JÓNSSON, Iceland, ALDE ; Mr Karol KARSKI, Poland, EDG ; Mr Michail KATRINIS, Greece, SOC ; Mr Peter KELLY, Ireland ; Ms Elvira KOVÁCS, Serbia, EPP/CD ; Mr Pavol KUBOVIČ, Slovak Republic, EPP/CD ; Mr Ertuğrul KUMCUOĞLU, Turkey ; Mr Terry LEYDEN, Ireland, ALDE ; Mr François LONCLE, France, SOC ; Ms Kerstin LUNDGREN, Sweden, ALDE ; Mr Bernard MARQUET, Monaco, ALDE ; Sir Alan MEALE, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Jean-Claude MIGNON, France, EPP/CD ; Ms Lilja MÓSESDÓTTIR, Iceland, UEL ; Mr Alejandro MUÑOZ-ALONSO, Spain, EPP/CD ; Ms Christine MUTTONEN, Austria, SOC ; Ms Hermine NAGHDALYAN, Armenia, ALDE ; Mr Gebhard NEGELE, Liechtenstein, EPP/CD ; Mr Jim O'KEEFFE, Ireland ; Mr Joseph O'REILLY, Ireland, EPP/CD ; Ms Sandra OSBORNE, United Kingdom, SOC ; Ms Maureen O'SULLIVAN, Ireland, UEL ; Ms Liliana PALIHOVICI, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD ; Mr Valery PARFENOV, Russian Federation, EDG ; Mr John Paul PHELAN, Ireland, EPP/CD ; Ms Zaruhi POSTANJYAN, Armenia, EPP/CD ; Mr Cezar Florin PREDA, Romania, EPP/CD ; Mr Maximilian REIMANN, Switzerland, ALDE ; Ms Andreja RIHTER, Slovenia, SOC ; Ms Marlene RUPPRECHT, Germany, SOC ; Mr Ludo SANNEN, Belgium, SOC ; Mr Leander SCHÄDLER, Liechtenstein, EPP/CD ; Mr Stefan SCHENNACH, Austria, SOC ; Ms Ingjerd SCHOU, Norway, EPP/CD ; Ms Marina SCHUSTER, Germany, ALDE ; Mr Jim SHERIDAN, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Marc SPAUTZ, Luxembourg, EPP/CD ; Ms Maria STAVROSITU, Romania, EPP/CD ; Mr Valeriy SUDARENKOV, Russian Federation, SOC ; Mr Mehmet TEKELİOĞLU, Turkey, EPP/CD ; Lord John E. TOMLINSON, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Latchezar TOSHEV, Bulgaria, EPP/CD ; Mr Egidijus VAREIKIS, Lithuania, EPP/CD ; Mr Piotr WACH, Poland, EPP/CD ; Mr Jordi XUCLÀ, Spain, ALDE

This written declaration commits only those who have signed it.

We believe that match-fixing is a serious and growing problem in European sport.

There are, currently, no effective measures to fight against corruption in sport.

We, the undersigned, European politicians, ask for the creation of an international agency to properly preserve the integrity of our sport.