UEFA Congress (prior to FIFA Congress), today, March 22nd, will decide new UEFA President: hopefully one to bring reform:

UEFA Elections to take centre stage at Paris Congress

The XXXV Ordinary UEFA Congress will be held in Paris, France on 22 March 2011, with senior representatives from UEFA’s 53 member national associations voting on a variety of issues on the agenda.

In addition to the address to delegates by UEFA president Michel Platini highlighting the past year’s activities within European football’s governing body, the Congress will feature a series of elections – UEFA president, UEFA Executive Committee (seven members) and FIFA Executive Committee (one vice-president and one member). The chairmen of UEFA’s standing committees will also report on their respective committee’s work.

Michel Platini has been UEFA President since 2007

The Congress will also be asked to approve the reports of the UEFA president / Executive Commitee and the UEFA administration for the 2009/10 period, as well as UEFA’s financial accounts for 2009/10, the strategic financial outlook until 2015/16 and the budget for the 2011/12 financial year. 

The UEFA Congress is UEFA's supreme controlling organ.

An Ordinary Congress is held every year, as a rule prior to a FIFA Congress. Matters within its power include:

UEFA's objectives

– election of the UEFA president; – election of new Executive Commitee members;
– receipt and consideration of the president's and Executive Committee's report, as well as the UEFA Administration's report;
– receipt and administration of the auditors' report, general accounts and budget;

– election of the European members of the FIFA Executive Committee;
– election of the auditing body; amendment of the UEFA Statutes;
– consideration and taking of decisions on proposals;
– consideration of membership applications and the exclusion of a member association;
– decisions on the lifting or continuation of the suspension of a member association, Executive Committee member or a member of another body;
– consideration of proposals for the dismissal of an Executive Committee member or the UEFA Organs for the Administration of Justice;
– receipt and consideration of the FIFA Congress;
– receipt and consideration of the minutes of the previous Congress;
– bestowal of honorary membership.

An Extraordinary Congress may be convened by the UEFA Executive Committee, or at the written request of one fifth or more of the UEFA member associations, stating the items to be placed on the agenda.