European Parliament
Derek Vaughan  (S&D ),
in writing.
– I voted in favour of this report as it takes positive steps towards ensuring fair play on and off the pitch. As a keen advocate of sports, the proposal promises to promote more cooperation between the 27 Member States on sporting issues such as a better exchange of information on hooligans to prevent them attending international matches. In addition, the report also guaranteed to tackle the trafficking of doping substances, match fixing, illegal betting and money laundering by making them criminal offences. The above proposals and others in the report will bring a higher degree of fairness to sport across the EU.

