Does Europe need a policy on sport?

It happens quite often, but not always so visibly, that European decisions have an impact on everyday life. An important and recent example lies in the agreement last week in Lisbon on the Reform Treaty, where a small decision illustrates a very big point.

The subject is sport. Sport is visibly a European activity – think of all those people crowded round TV sets on the night of big European matches – but both president of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge and UEFA Pres...