Fifty Members of the European Parliament have written to FIFA’s ethics committee expressing support for FairSquare’s complaint against the FIFA President Gianni Infantino and urging the ethics committee “to pursue this investigation with the utmost speed and sincerity.”

The letter represents the most significant intervention by European policymakers into misgovernance and rulebreaking at the top of the world game since the European Parliament called on Infantino’s predecessor Sepp Blatter to resign in 2015. FairSquare’s complaint, filed in December 2025, argues that Infantino breached FIFA rules on political neutrality in offering his support for the political agenda of the US President Donald Trump, which included the award of a FIFA Peace Prize to Trump. 

The MEPs’ letter, which was led by Barry Andrews, Niels Fuglsang and Lara Wolters, states that FIFA “must address Fairsquare’s ethics complaint and demonstrate that it upholds the core values of fairness, equality, and respect for human dignity.” It adds that the complaint against Infantino “represents an opportunity for FIFA to prove its commitment to political neutrality, transparency, and accountability.” 

The letter echoes calls made in a letter that the president of the Norwegian Football Federation, Lise Klaveness, sent to FIFA on 1 June. Klaveness, an outspoken proponent of reform in football, told reporters that the NFF’s submission had caused “political reactions” from FIFA officials.

FairSquare’s original complaint also requested that the Ethics Committee investigate Mr Infantino’s role in the decision to introduce a FIFA Peace Prize, the decision to award it to President Trump on 5 December, and the conformity of these processes with FIFA’s procedural rules.  On 19 June, Le Monde revealed that fewer than ten FIFA staff members were involved in the decision to initiate and award a Peace Prize to Trump. A member of the FIFA Council, which is the body charged with setting FIFA strategy, spoke to Le Monde on condition of anonymity and said that none of the 37 members of the FIFA Council were consulted. 

“This is a hugely significant political intervention and one that has the potential to put Gianni Infantino under real pressure. There is little doubt that he has breached FIFA rules, and the fact that policymakers in Brussels are now scrutinising his actions is a serious problem for Infantino and for FIFA”, said FairSquare director Nicholas McGeehan.