The German Football Federation (DFB) will not support Gianni Infantino in Thursday’s FIFA presidential election, although no other candidate will.
Infantino will almost certainly be re-elected as FIFA President at the FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda, but many European countries, including Germany, are unhappy with some of his recent decisions.
“In the past few weeks, we have received no or only insufficient information from FIFA on various issues,” DFB president Bernd Neuendorf said in a statement on Wednesday.
World governing bodies should “be more open and transparent in their dealings with national associations.
“You have to explain in your own interest how and why certain decisions were made and who was involved. This is not always the case these days.
The Norwegian and Swedish football federations have also said they will not actively support Infantino’s re-election.
Germany wants a migrant worker fund set up by FIFA to compensate those injured during the construction of a stadium for the Qatar World Cup last year.
It also demanded answers to why Saudi sponsorship of this year’s women’s World Cup was considered, among other issues.
Infantino has been in office since 2016.
Since the beginning of the rest of the suspended term of office of Joseph Blatter, re-election in 2027 to 2031 is possible, according to the FIFA statute.
dpa/NAN
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