Overview
- A cross-party group of over 50 members of the European Parliament sent a letter on Monday calling for FIFA to investigate president Gianni Infantino for creating and awarding the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize to President Donald Trump.
- The letter backs an ethics complaint first filed by NGO FairSquare in December and asks FIFA’s investigatory chamber to examine whether Infantino’s public statements and the prize’s creation violated FIFA’s rule that the organisation remain neutral on politics and religion.
- Trump received the inaugural prize on December 5, 2025, and FairSquare lodged its complaint three days later; FIFA acknowledged receipt of that complaint in December but has not publicly answered the MEPs’ June request.
- The Norwegian Football Federation has publicly supported the complaint, widening institutional pressure on FIFA at a moment when the organisation is under heightened legal and reputational scrutiny during the 2026 World Cup.
- If the Ethics Committee opens a formal probe it could expose FIFA leadership to sanctions and further legal challenges, and it will test FIFA’s internal accountability systems and public commitment to neutrality and transparency going forward.