Lobby organisation
Play the Game/Danish Institute for Sports Studies
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As of 8 October 2026, Play the Game/Danish Institute for Sports Studies appears in 4 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.
In their own words
“Play the Game is an initiative run by the Danish Institute for Sports Studies (Idan) that promotes democratic values in world sports with an emphasis on freedom of expression, transparency, and open dialogue. Play the Game was founded in 1997 and has become a unique independent platform for raising and developing awareness about critical issues in modern sport.”
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“Over the years, Play the Game has addressed a multitude of issues such as doping, corruption, good governance, match-fixing, sustainability of mega-events, the role of sports journalism, geopolitics, and the human rights of athletes and everyone else involved in sport. Through conferences, analyses, journalism, and advocacy, Play the Game works to engage all stakeholders to qualify the public debate on sport and help sport contribute positively to society. Our target groups are journalists, academics, sports leaders, athlete representatives, advocacy groups, politicians, and a wide range of stakeholders in sports.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 4 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2025–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2025). All meetings were in one calendar year.
Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.
The MEPs they meet most
The 4 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2025 | Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski | Stakeholder dialogue on establishing the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034 |
| 29 Apr 2025 | Niels Fuglsang | Sports policy |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Hannes Heide | Stakeholder dialogue on The role of EU policies in shaping the European Sport Model |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski | Stakeholder dialogue on The role of EU policies in shaping the European Sport Model |
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