"Election for FIFA President: DFB refuses to support Infantino", 17 Nov 2022

The German Football Association (DFB) is avoiding a direct confrontation with Gianni Infantino, but will not support the extremely controversial FIFA President on the way to his re-election. With regard to the deadline ending on Wednesday (November 16, 2022), the DFB Executive Committee decided not to nominate a candidate for the top post at the world association...

The decision was also intended to express “that we would have liked FIFA to have made a clearer commitment to human rights and a greater commitment to humanitarian issues,” said Neuendorf.

The DFB expects transparent decision-making processes in FIFA and stands by its demands for the establishment of a compensation fund for the relatives of the workers who died or were injured on the World Cup construction sites in Qatar. It is also said that the DFB is still in favor of setting up a “Migrant Working Center” in Qatar...