FIFPro Europe and European parliament have signed a strategic partnership to raise awareness about the 2019 European Elections and the importance of voting.

The strategic partnership will include the appointment of European Player Ambassadors to promote the May 23-26 elections. Players do not only represent the beating heart of Europe’s most popular sport but have strong links to the communities in which they are playing, Jonas Baer-Hofmann, Secretary General of FIFPro Europe, said. 

The strategic partnership is supported at the national level by 10 player unions across Europe: AIC (Italy), VDF (Austria), HUNS (Croatia), AFE (Spain), SJPF (Portugal), SFS (Sweden), SPINS (Slovenia), CAFH (Czech Republic), JPY (Finland), and PASP (Cyprus). 

The player unions will sign in the next weeks national collaboration agreements with the European Parliament representation offices in the respective countries.

FIFPro's Jonas Baer-Hoffman, HUNS (Croatia) president Dario Simic and AIC (Italy) president Damiano Tommasi present a Juventus shirt to Antonio Tajani. The shirt bears the name of Sara Gama, the Juventus defender. Credit: EP/Daina Le Lardic.