Infantino-Trump: 50 députés européens interpellent à leur tour la Fifa
Fifty European MPs have in turn urged FIFA to investigate Gianni Infantino's awarding of a "peace prize" to Donald Trump, supporting a request made in December by the human rights organization FairSquare.
"This letter constitutes the most significant intervention by European political leaders against governance abuses and rule violations at the top of world football since the European Parliament called on Infantino's predecessor, Sepp Blatter, to resign in 2015," FairSquare wrote on Friday.
In a letter dated Monday, 50 elected officials from 13 European countries, mainly social democrats, liberals and greens, "urge the FIFA ethics committee to conduct with the greatest speed and sincerity" the investigation demanded for almost seven months by the British NGO.
"With the eyes of the world on FIFA this summer," in the midst of the 2026 World Cup, this request "represents an opportunity for FIFA to prove its commitment to political neutrality, transparency and accountability," write the signatories, led by Irishman Barry Andrews, Dutchwoman Lara Wolters and Dane Niels Fuglsang.
Supported in early June by the Norwegian Football Federation - the only one among the 211 FIFA member nations - FairSquare accuses world football boss Gianni Infantino of violating his "duty of neutrality", set out in article 15 of the organization's code of ethics, to favor Donald Trump.
The NGO is specifically asking the ethics committee to "examine the circumstances" surrounding the awarding last November to the American president of an unprecedented "FIFA Peace Prize", the criteria and modalities of which have never been clarified by the football governing body.
More broadly, FairSquare had criticized Gianni Infantino's October plea for Donald Trump to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, as well as his comments supporting Trump's domestic policies. "By clearly supporting President Trump's political agenda at the national and international levels," his stance threatens "the integrity and reputation of football and FIFA itself," the organization lamented.
When contacted by AFP on Friday, FIFA declined to comment on the letter from the European parliamentarians. Furthermore, it has never responded to FairSquare's request or to the criticism surrounding the "Peace Prize."
AFP
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