Fifty European MPs demand investigation into Infantino over Trump 'Peace Prize'

Fifty European MPs from thirteen countries have formally asked FIFA’s ethics commission to investigate Gianni Infantino after the federation’s president presented Donald Trump with a ‘Peace Prize’ in December 2024. FIFA has made no comment to date.

The letter, signed by lawmakers predominantly from social-democratic, liberal and green parties, supports a request already filed by human rights organisation FairSquare. The group accuses Infantino of breaching Article 15 of FIFA’s code of ethics, which imposes a ‘duty of neutrality’ on him. The signatories urged the ethics commission to act ‘with the utmost speed and sincerity’.

Infantino’s initiative sparked controversy well beyond sporting circles. The 56-year-old official attended Trump’s inauguration at the White House in January 2025 and had publicly expressed regret months earlier that the US president had not received the Nobel Peace Prize.

Infantino has headed FIFA since February 2016 and is in his third term. His name was previously cited in the Panama Papers affair in 2016, then in the Football Leaks 2 investigation in 2018, without leading to charges. FIFA has maintained silence on the matter for several months, weeks before the 2026 World Cup kicks off.