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共有72名欧洲议会议员针对国际足联(FIFA)主席因凡蒂诺发起联合行动,联名致信欧盟27国足协,呼吁彻查及追究其责任。
Brussels, 08 July 2026
Subject Line: MEPs Call on European Football Associations to Ensure Investigation into
FIFA
Dear Presidents of the 27 EU Football Associations,
We, the undersigned MEPs, are writing to urge you to call for an investigation into whether
FIFA President Gianni Infantino was involved in the decision to suspend the automatic onematch suspension imposed following the red card issued to US men’s national team player
Folarin Balogun, and if pressure from the US Administration was a factor in the decision.
Last week, 50 MEPs wrote to President Infantino and the FIFA Council, urging the FIFA Ethics
Committee to pursue an investigation into the awarding of the FIFA Peace Prize to President
Trump and other potential breaches of political neutrality with the utmost speed and sincerity,
to which we have received no adequate response. In light of the decision taken on Sunday to
suspend the implementation of an automatic one-match suspension, we feel that it is time for
European Football Associations, all of whom are member associations of FIFA, to intervene
and ask that FIFA investigate the aforementioned decision-making processes.
FIFA’s statutory rules and code of ethics provide a very clear basis for member associations to
intervene and demand an investigation. The requirement of political neutrality is clearly
outlined in both the FIFA Statutes and the Code of Ethics. Article 4(2) of the FIFA Statutes
outlines the principle whereby “FIFA remains neutral in matters of politics and religion”, and
Article 15 of the FIFA Code of Ethics states that all football officials must remain politically
neutral, and provides for strong sanctions for violations.
The FIFA Statutes require Member Associations to “fully comply” with these rules. We would
contend that this relationship goes both ways and that member Associations are bound by
FIFA’s code of ethics to demand that senior FIFA officials be held accountable if evidence
exists to suggest they are breaching rules on political neutrality. Furthermore, Article 16 of the
FIFA Code of Ethics states that football officials “have a fiduciary duty to FIFA, the
confederations, associations, leagues or clubs” and that “a breach of fiduciary duty occurs
when, inter alia, someone who is placed in a position of responsibility or trust acts in a way
that is detrimental to the interests of FIFA, the confederations, associations, leagues or clubs or
is likely to damage their reputation."
Member associations have an important role to play in ensuring that rules are upheld and that
those who break them are held accountable. In that regard, we urge you to add your voice to
recent calls in support of an investigation into Gianni Infantino’s links to President Trump from
MEPs and from the Norwegian Football Federation. Any investigation must now include
scrutiny of the decision-making process surrounding FIFA’s decision to rescind the ban
imposed on a member of the US men’s national team. We would also like to stress we are not
motivated by any desire to see any individual football player sanctioned, but rather to ensure
that rules are applied in a way to protect the integrity of the game.
We look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
1. Barry Andrews MEP (Renew, Ireland)
2. Lara Wolters (S&D, The Netherlands)
3. Niels Fuglsang (S&D, Denmark)
4. Sebastian Everding (The Left, Germany)
5. Maria Walsh (EPP, Ireland)
6. Yvan Verougstraete (Renew, Belgium)
7. Robert Biedron (S&D, Poland)
8. Matjaz Nemec (S&D, Slovenia)
9. Billy Kelleher (Renew, Ireland)
10. Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (Renew, Ireland)
11. Charles Goerens (Renew, Luxembourg)
12. Sandro Gozi (Renew, France)
13. Aodhan O’Riordain (S&D, Ireland)
14. Marianne Vind (S&D, Denmark)
15. Christel Schaldemose (S&D, Denmark)
16. Rasmus Nordqvist (Greens, Denmark)
17. Karin Karlsbro (Renew, Sweden)
18. Heléne Fritzon (S&D, Sweden)
19. Hilde Vautmans (Renew, Belgium)
20. Pierre Jouvet (S&D, France)
21. Nikola Minchev (Renew, Bulgaria)
22. Tomasz Froelich (ESN, Germany)
23. Bogdan Zdrojewski (EPP, Poland)
24. Ana Miranda Paz (Greens, Spain)
25. Brando Benifei (S&D, Italy)
26. Sabrina Repp (S&D, Germany)
27. Michal Kobosko (Renew, Poland)
28. Jan-Peter Warnke (NI, Germany)
29. Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (Renew, Germany)
30. Martin Hojsik (Renew, Slovakia)
31. Bruno Tobback (S&D, Belgium)
32. Rasmus Andresen (Greens, Germany)
33. Pascal Canfin (Renew, France)
34. Branislav Ondruš (NI, Slovakia)
35. Catarina Vieira (Greens, The Netherlands)
36. Carolina Morace (The Left, Italy)
37. Majdouline Sbai (Greens, France)
38. Anna Cavazzini (Greens, Germany)
39. Mélissa Camara (Greens, France)
40. Sandro Ruotolo (S&D, Italy)
41. Murielle Laurent (S&D, France)
42. Laurence Farreng (Renew, France)
43. Maria Noichl (S&D, Germany)
44. Elisabeth Grossman (S&D, Austria)
45. Matjaz Nemec (S&D, Slovenia)
46. Sandro Gozi (Renew, France)
47. Villy Sovndal (Greens, Denmark)
48. Cecilia Maria Strada (S&D, Italy)
49. Anna-Maja Henriksson (Renew, Finland)
50. Dainius Zalimas (Renew, Lithuania)
51. Saskia Bricmont (Greens, Belgium)
52. Thomas Pellerin-Carlin (S&D, France)
53. Elio di Rupo (S&D, Belgium)
54. Younous Omarjee (The Left, France)
55. Vicent Marzà (Greens, Spain)
56. Matthias Ecke (S&D, Germany)
57. Jaume Asens (Greens, Spain)
58. Ondrej Dostal (NI, Czechia)
59. Lukasz Kohut (EPP, Poland)
60. Erik Marquardt (Greens, Germany)
61. Elisabetta Gualmini (Renew, Italy)
62. Ville Niinisto (Greens, Finland)
63. Irena Joveva (Renew, Slovenia)
64. Anja Hazekamp (The Left, The Netherlands)
65. Jens Geier (S&D, Germany)
66. Fabio de Masi (NI, Germany)
67. Anna Sturgkh (Renew, Austria)
68. Helmut Brandstatter (Renew, Austria)
69. Jagna Marczulajtis-Walczak (EPP, Poland)
70. Reinhold Lopatka (EPP, Austria)
71. Hannes Heide (S&D, Austria)
72. Marit Maij (S&D, The Netherlands) |
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