I would like to welcome you to our EPP-ED Committee on Culture and Education website. The purpose of this site is to present our political priorities as well as inform you about our day to day parliamentary work. We wish this site to be dynamic and interactive. We will regularly organise special forums and exchanges of views concerning important political issues on the agenda. We also intend to invite you regularly to our EPP-ED hearings and press conferences.
I hope you will find this website interesting and helpful and that it will give you an understanding of the EPP-ED's objectives in the field of culture and education.

PRESS RELEASES

24/09/2008	Vasco Graça Moura e Carlos Coelho criticam duramente acção do Governo na implementação de Bolonha / Bologna Process. Vasco Graça Moura MEP and Carlos Coelho MEP
23/09/2008	Bologna-Prozess muss Förderung der Mobilität von Studierenden verbessern/ Bologna Process has to improve student mobility. Doris Pack MEP
24/06/2008	Bologna-Prozess zur Förderung der Studentenmobilität weiter ausbauen/ Bologna Process on student mobility to be further enhanced. Doris Pack MEP
29/05/2008	White Paper on Sport: FIFA's quota plan not accepted by EU. Manolis Mavrommatis MEP
08/05/2008	Doping, TV rights and betting: EP adopts report by Manolis Mavrommatis MEP on the White Paper on Sport

SESSION NEWS

FIFA President on investment in young football players Sepp Blatter, President of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), met the Culture Committee on Monday 6th October, on the initiative of Ivo Belet MEP, author of a report on the future of professional football in Europe.

The discussion with Blatter focussed on the topic of investing in young football players - the '6+5' rule vs the 'homegrown' rule. The Members also focussed on the important role of sport in Europe, such as autonomy in sport, the problem of transfer of players, protection of minors, and racism.

	Video: Sepp Blatter talks about the future of professional football with Culture Committee Members
	European Parliament resolution on future of professional football in Europe

POLICY

EPP-ED Priorities in the Committee on Culture and Education

EPP-ED PAST HEARINGS

Hearing on Higher Education: From the Bologna Process to Educational Governance in the EU? 6 March 2008, 9.00-12.30, Brussels Video inside... Programme      Photos of the meeting

Hearing on Cultural Diversity, Religions and Dialogue 10 January 2008, from 15.00-15.30 hrs, Brussels Video inside...

EUROPEAN YEAR OF INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE 2008

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