EURO 2008 INFO

The financing of work to adapt the Geneva Stadium for the EURO 2008 is assured. Tuesday, the Capital Development Fund (CEF) communal acceded to the request of the Canton of Geneva and has allocated 8 million francs.

Only the elected socialist of the City of Geneva Sandrine Salerno objected to the operation. Delegates from other towns have abstained. They allowed the two councillors of State Robert Cramer environmentalists and David Hiler to tip the balance.

You can interpret this decision as the will of Commons not to derail the EURO 2008, "commented chairman of FEC, Fernand Savigny, confirming information published in the local press. "This is a very important event for Geneva."

The amount that was released Tuesday will be levied on the 17 million francs that the FEC provided for the financing of cantonal provision of nature in 2007. The 8 million francs provision added to the 4 million already funded by the Sport-Toto and 2.8 million paid by the federal government.