UEFA: Florence Hardouin (FRA) and incumbent Karen Espelund (NOR) candidates for the ExCo

Florence Hardouin (FRA), the deputy CEO of the FFF, is a candidate for the position reserved for a woman on the UEFA Executive Committee, announced UEFA on 21/04/2016. The vote will be held during the 40^th Ordinary UEFA Congress in Budapest (HUN) on Tuesday 03/05/2016. Karen Espelund (NOR), already a member of the Executive Committee, is also a candidate; she was confirmed by acclamation for the 2015-2019 period at the Executive Committee meeting in Prague (CZE) on 30/06/2015.

This is the first time the UEFA Congress (which invites all 54 national member federations) will elect a woman to be a member of the Executive Committee, following the amendment to articles, put in place on 01/03/2016, and adopted at the 11^th Extraordinary Congress held on 25/02 /2016 in Zurich (SUI). Until now, the female member had been appointed by the Executive Committee.

The FFF wants to increase its influence on the international stage

• The candidacy of Florence Hardouin is in line with the desire of the FFF Fédération Française de…