<p>The European Football Championship 2016</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:10 pm on 8 June 2016.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:10, 8 June 2016

(Translated)

There are two things here that are important: first of all, to ensure that young people participate in sport and see football as an activity to improve their health and, secondly, of course, to ensure that the profile of Wales is raised not just in Europe, but across the world. We saw what happened in 1990 with the Republic of Ireland when they went to the world cup. It had a huge impact on their economy and in terms of tourism. I had a meeting with officials this week to see what kind of preparations have been undertaken in order to raise Wales’s profile in France. That work is progressing well, not only in Paris, of course, but also in the three cities where the matches will be played—well, where the first three matches will be played—by the Welsh team.