‘Moral and political blindness’: EU lawmaker savages FIFA over Russia

This post was originally published on Politico.

This week, members of the European Parliament issued two sharp rebukes of FIFA over its decision to allow Russians to participate in the U-15 World Cup in October and President Gianni Infantino’s relationship with U.S. leader Donald Trump.

In letters published Monday and Wednesday, 90 MEPs pressed FIFA over actions they said undermine the world football governing body’s political neutrality.

POLITICO sat down with the author of Wednesday’s letter, Lithuanian MEP Petras Auštrevičius from the liberal Renew group, to discuss how the European Parliament is taking a stand against FIFA.

FIFA did not immediately respond to a request for comment