40th Ordinary Congress of the Union of European Football Associations, UEFA, in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Kosovo was given UEFA membership Tuesday May 03,2016 and could now be fast-tracked into FIFA and the 2018 World Cup qualifying program.

UEFA's member federations voted 28-24 to accept the former province of Serbia, which led the opposition. Two votes were declared invalid.

The UEFA congress also elected Florence Hardouin, the French soccer federation's marketing director, as a member of its executive committee.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino, left, delivers his address during the 40th Ordinary Congress of the Union of European Football Associations, UEFA, in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, May 3, 2016

UEFA met without its president, Michel Platini, who should get a verdict next Monday from CAS in his appeal against a six-year ban by FIFA. Platini and former FIFA president Sepp Blatter were sanctioned over a $2 million payment the former France great received in 2011 as uncontracted and backdated salary.

Whatever the CAS decision on Platini's fate, France ensured itself of a spot on UEFA's executive committee with Hardouin's election. By defeating Karen Espelund of Norway 33-21, Hardouin becomes the first elected female member of the panel and will serve a three-year mandate until executive elections in 2019.

Also, UEFA interim general secretary Theodore Theodoridis said there were about 30,000 tickets left for the European Championship in France, especially more expensive ones.

"The sale of tickets is very satisfactory, I have to admit," Theodoridis said. "We expect a big party."