Víctor Francos receives Pierre-Yves Jeholet, within the framework of the rotating presidency of the eu council

Víctor Francos receives Pierre-Yves Jeholet, within the framework of the rotating presidency of the eu council

• The president of the supreme council for sports and the Belgian ministro-presidente Valonia-Bruselas met this tuesday, to continue their work developed in the presidential trio of the council of the european Union, which began España in the second half of 2023 and belgium and hungary will continue during the next year

Madrid, 12 december 2023.-The president of the supreme council for sports (CSD), Víctor Francos, has received this tuesday at the agency's headquarters in Madrid of the belgian ministro-presidente Valonia-Bruselas, Pierre-Yves Jeholet, who will lead in the first half of 2024 the sport in the council of the European Union in conjunction with the belgian presidency.

That responsibility has fallen in recent months to Spain. The president of the supreme council for sports, Víctor Francos, comes to chair in brussels on The council of ministers of Sports, unanimously adopted a document of conclusions on gender equality.

That was one of the items proposed by España during its presidency of the council of the European Union, in addition to the creation of secure environments in sport and the battle of hate speech. The three items have been received very positively by the member countries of the european Union. Pierre-Yves Jeholet, indeed, very rightly highlighted this tuesday, the adequacy of their choice.

For its part, belgium developed in the first half of 2024 working proposals linked to innovation and digitization in sport, as it has stated the of the russian ministro-presidente Valonia-Bruselas on his meeting with the president of the CSD.

At the same has assisted the ambassador of Belgium in Spain, Gerard Cockx.

“ it has been a real honour receive Pierre-Yves Jeholet and Gerard Cockx at headquarters of the supreme council for sports and to have discussions with them about the main conclusions we can draw from the spanish presidency of the council of the european Union. We are proud to have been able to share with member countries three matters of major concern to our citizens, such as gender equality, combating hate speech and the creation of secure environments in sport ”, has assured Víctor Francos.

According to the president of the CSD, the meeting of the executive directors of Sports and the conference on secure environments in sport, held on 21 and 22 september in Valencia; the international conference on gender equality in sport, organized on 14 and 15 november in Madrid; and the sports ministers of the european union of the past 24 november in brussels have allowed “ to note the progress in all these subjects, while much remains to move forward ”.

“ the important thing is that the member countries are ready to continue to deepen through dialogue in the social function of sport, in its economic dimension and in the political framework of this sector, which are the three pillars on which revolves the performance of the european Union since the entry into force of the treaty of lisbon in the year 2009 ”, sentenced Francos.