UEFA: cooperation agreement with the European Commission renewed until 31 December 2029

Aleksander Ceferin (SVN), president of UEFA, and Glenn Micallef (MLT), European commissioner for intergenerational fairness, youth, culture and sport, renewed the cooperation agreement between UEFA and the European Commission at the House of European Football in Nyon (SUI), the European confederation said on 9 November 2026.

The agreement remains in force until 31 December 2029. It succeeds the one initially concluded in 2014 and already extended in 2018, then in 2022. It is "a significant endorsement of UEFA’s role in football and the principles that have made the European game a global success," and "recognises UEFA as the sole responsible European governing body and backs a unified, open football system built on sporting merit, promotion and relegation, and a clear pathway from…