The 24th FIM Europe Congress in Nantes (France) finished successfully today with the Meetings of the Sporting and Non-Sporting Councils, the Management Council as well as the General Assembly in the afternoon.
There were 40 National Federations present and over 250 delegates.
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The speech of Dr Wolfgang Srb
The FFM President Jacques Bolle welcomed the delegates to Nantes.
The FIM President Vito Ippolito addressed the audience and referred especially to the future tasks of FIM and FIM Europe in the years to come.Important decisions were taken, among them the approval of the 2017 Balance-sheet and of the 2018 Budget.
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The Management Council
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The Non-Sporting Council
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The Sporting Council
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The welcome desk, with Silvia D’Amico and Andrea Diamantini, FIM Europe staff.
Comprehensive reports have been presented about the Sporting as well the Non-Sporting activities.
During the General Assembly there were the reports of Martin de Graaff, Michal Sikora, Silvio Manicardi and Laurent Delbroek.
Since the period 2014-2018 was over, the Congress was elective and there were two candidates for the position of FIM Europe President, 11 candidates for 8 positions of FIM Europe Vice-Presidents, 3 candidates for the election of FIM Europe Auditors and 6 candidates for the election of 5 members of the Judicial Panel.
Dr. Wolfgang Srb was confirmed as FIM Europe President with 59 votes, against 9 votes of Stelios Korelis, President of AMOTOE.
As for the Vice-Presidents positions, Martin de Graaff, Jean-Marc Desnues, Juhani Halme, Martins Lazdovskis, Silvio Manicardi, Nicoleta Olariu, Michal Sikora and Jan Stovicek were elected.
As for the 3 auditors, Laurent Delbroek, Vadym Kopylov and Tapio Nevala were elected per acclamationem.
The 5 members of the Judicial Panel who have been elected are Jiri Janak, Manuel Marinheiro, Theodoros Rachiotis, Rodolfo Romeo and Hannu Toumainen.
“I am very pleased with the results of the Congress in Nantes, where important decisions have been taken and I am grateful to the European Federations for my re-election as FIM Europe President”, Dr Wolfgang Srb stated. “The cooperation during all these days was excellent and there was a pleasant atmosphere for all the delegates. Nantes was a delicious venue and FFM was a great host”.
The 25th edition of the FIM Europe Congress will take place from 4th to 6th July in Zagreb (Croatia).
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Jacques Bolle
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Vito Ippolito
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Mikal Sikora
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Laurent Delbroek
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Martin de Graaff
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Silvio Manicardi
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Dr. Wolfgang Srb awarding a plate to FFM President Jacques Bolle
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Dr. Wolfgang Srb awarding a plate toFIM President Vito Ippolito.
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Dr. Wolfgang Srb awarding the diploma for the 40th year of the Cyprus Federation
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The allocation of honorary titles – Wolfgang Glas, Honorary Vice-President.
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The allocation of honorary titles – Hans Rudolf Hein, Honorary Chairman of the Motocross Commission
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The allocation of honorary titles – Mr Jan Stovicek, Honorary Chairman of the Judicial Panel
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The allocation of honorary titles – Mr Karl Voegele, Honorary Chairman of the Motoball Commission
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Stelios Korelis during his speech as candidate
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Dr Wolfgang Srb re-presenting as FIM Europe President
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The speech of Dr Wolfgang Srb as candidate for 2018-2022. In that moment Jacques Bolle was the President of the General Assembly.
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The elections
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Stelios Korelis congratulating to Dr. Wolfgang Srb.
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The election of the FIM Europe Vice-Presidents – Mirko Botulija.
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The election of the FIM Europe Vice-Presidents – Martin De Graaff
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The election of the FIM Europe Vice-Presidents – Jean Marc Desnues
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The election of the FIM Europe Vice-Presidents – Juhani Halme
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The election of the FIM Europe Vice-Presidents – Martins Lazdovskis
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The election of the FIM Europe Vice-Presidents – Silvio Manicardi
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The election of the FIM Europe Vice-Presidents – Nicoleta Olariu
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The election of the FIM Europe Vice-Presidents – Stjepan Persin
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The election of the FIM Europe Vice-Presidents – Mikal Sikora
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The election of the FIM Europe Vice-Presidents – Jan Stovicek
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The election of the FIM Europe Vice-Presidents -Ingrida Visockiene.
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The results of the elections for FIM Europe Vice-President
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Laurent Delbroek, who candidated as FIM Europe Auditor
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The elections for FIM Europe Auditors – Vadym Kopylov
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The elections for FIM Europe Auditors – Tapio Nevala
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The elections for the Judicial Panel
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The elections for the Judicial Panel and the candidate Jiri Janak
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The elections for the Judicial Panel and the candidate Manuel Marinheiro
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The elections for the Judicial Panel and the candidate Theodoros Rachiotis.
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The elections for the Judicial Panel and the candidate Rodolfo Romeo
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The elections for the Judicial Panel and the candidate Hammu Toumainen
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The proposal of AMOTOE
The proposals of CyMF
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The proposal of SVEMO.
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