Estonia, together with its partner countries, has submitted a request to European Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport Glenn Micallef, to exclude from Erasmus+ and other European Union funding programmes any sports organisations that allow russia and Belarus to return to international sporting competitions.
The proposal has been endorsed by nine European countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Sweden.In the proposal addressed to Commissioner Glenn Micallef, the signatories call for both the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and several other sports organisations, including the International Fencing Federation (FIE) and World Aquatics, to be excluded from European Union funding programmes.
The statement also proposes giving serious consideration to limiting the involvement of such organisations in future discussions and events concerning the development of the sports sector.
On 7 July, the IOC executive board decided at its meeting in Lausanne Switzerland to lift the suspension of the russian Olympic Committee.
As reported, the IOC lifted the suspension of the russian Olympic Committee that had been in effect since 12 October 2023.
