11.   The council met here two days before the start of the congress and decided to endorse a reduction proposal submitted by European federations.

12.   The European federation also apparently is concerned by reported attempts by Havelange to position his son-in-law, Riccardo Terra Teixeira, as his successor.

13.   The European federations have other concerns.

14.   The measure was rejected two years ago, but with strong support from the European federations it is expected to pass this time.

15.   UEFA has eight seats on the committee and Blatter claimed this makes it too easy for the European federations to find allies and undermine the president.

16.   We could not contact all the European federations because they were still on holiday.

17.   Blatter made a written reply to an attack by UEFA boss and old adversary Lennart Johansson on him in a letter to European federations.

18.   Both support tax cuts -- albeit of varying sizes -- and both support a European federation made up of strong nation states.

19.   Both support tough action on crime, both support varying levels of tax cuts, and both support a strong and independent France inside a European federation.