Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper) In view of the very worrying global political situation and the associated threat of war, which was triggered by military provocations by Russia and once again fuelled by President Putin’s decision to recognise Ukraineâs breakaway regions, we, the signatories of this letter, call on you personally and UEFA to take appropriate and consistent action.
We call on you to stop considering St.Petersburg and other Russian cities as venues for international football competitions and to choose as a first and a very urgent step an alternative venue for the Champions League final on 28 May 2022. In addition, we appeal to you to convene a special meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee, to terminate cooperation with Gazprom as UEFA sponsor, and to consider sanctions against individual Russian officials who are complicit in the violations of international law.
Against the background of the most recent developments, times of âcontinuously and closely monitoring the situationâ are clearly over. UEFA must act now and cannot continue to provide a stage and thus legitimacy to this regime. We thank you for your consideration of this letter and look forward to a timely response from you.
Yours sincerely
Viola von Cramon-Taubadel, Greens/EFA, Germany
Tomasz Frankowski, EPP, Poland
Ćukasz Kohut, S&D, Poland
Rasa JukneviÄienÄ, EPP, Lithuania
Miriam Lexmann, EPP, Slovakia
Tonino Picula, S&D, Croatia
Karin Karlsbro, Renew Europe, Sweden
Ignazio Corrao, Greens/EFA, Italy
Olivier Chastel, Renew Europe, Belgium
Rasmus Andresen, Greens/EFA, Germany
Kosma ZĆotowski, ECR, Poland
Eugen Tomac, EPP, Romania
IbĂĄn GarcĂa del Blanco, S&D, Spain
Hannes Heide, S&D, Austria
Anna Fotyga, ECR, Poland
Pina Picierno, S&D, Italy
Dace MelbÄrde, ECR, Latvia
Tiziana Beghin, NA, Italy
Ioannis Lagos, NA, Greece
Svenja Hahn, Renew Europe, Germany
Eleonora Evi, Greens/EFA, Italy
Thijs Reuten, S&D, Netherlands
Hildegard Bentele, EPP, Germany
Martin HojsĂk, Renew Europe, Slovakia
Lucia ÄuriĆĄ NicholsonovĂĄ, Renew Europe, Slovakia
Michal Ć imeÄka, Renew Europe, Slovakia
Michal Wiezik, Renew Europe, Slovakia
Juozas Olekas, S&D, Lithuania
Chiara Gemma, NA, Italy
Tineke Strik, Greens/EFA, Netherlands
Francisco Guerreiro, Greens/EFA, Portugal
Andreas Schieder, S&D, Austria,
Katrin Langensiepen, Greens/EFA, Germany
Hannah Neumann, Greens/EFA, Germany
Petra Kammerevert, S&D, Germany
Javier Nart, Renew Europe, Spain
Anna Cavazzini, Greens/EFA, Germany
Ville Niinistö, Greens/EFA, Finland
Tanja Fajon, S&D, Slovenia
Romana Tomc, EPP, Slovenia
Christophe Hansen, EPP, Luxembourg
Andrzej Halicki, EPP, Poland
Ernest Urtasun, Greens/EFA, Spain
Billy Kelleher, Renew Europe, Ireland
Yannick Jadot, Greens/EFA, France
Franc BogoviÄ, EPP, Slovenia
Bernard Guetta, Renew Europe, France
Witold Jan Waszczykowski, ECR, Poland
Assita Kanko, ECR, Belgium
Saskia Bricmont, Greens/EFA, Belgium
Danuta Maria HĂŒbner, EPP, Poland
Salima Yenbou, Greens/EFA, France
Dino Giarrusso, NA, Italy
DragoÈ PĂźslaru, Renew Europe, Romania
Katalin Cseh, Renew Europe, Hungary
BenoĂźt Lutgen, EPP, Belgium
Zbigniew KuĆșmiuk, ECR, Poland
Reinhard BĂŒtikofer, Greens/EFA, Germany
Pascal Arimont, EPP, Belgium
Michael Gahler, EPP, Germany
Clara PonsatĂ Obiols, NA, Spain