The rapporteur Manolis Mavrommatis was delighted that sport has a more prominent place in the Lisbon treaty: "We need to protect the specific nature of sport and it is good that the European Union will now push forward a policy in the sport area," he said.
Deklarācijas parakstītāji prasa Eiropas Komisijai un ES Padomei, kas apvieno dalībvalstu valdību pārstāvjus: