Swiss Greens name for FIFA’s tax privileges to be revoked By Reuters

ZURICH (Reuters) – A Swiss political get together is looking for FIFA’s standing as a non-profit organisation to be revoked in Switzerland, the place the soccer governing physique is registered.

“FIFA is just not a ‘non-profit affiliation’ however a revenue machine on the again of human rights,” stated Aline Trede, from the Inexperienced get together. “Let’s put an finish to the tax privileges for FIFA.”

In an announcement on Thursday the Greens, Switzerland’s fifth largest political get together, stated they might introduce a parliamentary movement proposing FIFA be taxed the identical as different corporations of its dimension.

“FIFA’s ban on the ‘One Love’ armband is unquestionably the final straw,” stated Trede.

The OneLove armbands, supposed to ship a message of tolerance and opposition to all types of discrimination, have been within the international highlight since FIFA threatened a number of European crew captains with yellow playing cards in the event that they wore them on the World Cup to assist of LGBTQ individuals in host nation Qatar, the place homosexuality is prohibited.