Overview
- A cross-party group of 21 MPs has tabled a Commons motion urging FIFA to consider expelling the United States over the seizure of Nicolás Maduro and threats directed at Denmark, Colombia and Cuba.
- The motion argues Trump’s conduct undermines the rules-based order and says sporting events should not legitise alleged violations of international law by powerful states.
- MPs highlight perceived double standards, noting FIFA gave Trump its inaugural Peace Award in December while calling for consistency in how institutions respond.
- Germany’s president Frank‑Walter Steinmeier warned Trump’s recent actions risk turning world politics into a “den of robbers,” with France’s Emmanuel Macron also cautioning that the U.S. is drifting from the rules it once championed.
- The UK government says it is for the White House to set out the legal basis for the Venezuela operation, and Keir Starmer says Greenland’s future is for its people and Denmark after White House hints about seizing the territory.