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Overview
- State Secretary for Sport Christiane Schenderlein told AFP the federal government will accept whatever the DFB and FIFA decide regarding participation.
- The discussion was triggered by President Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland and to levy high tariffs on countries that oppose the move.
- CDU lawmakers Roderich Kiesewetter and Jürgen Hardt, along with SPD MP Sebastian Roloff, publicly raised withdrawal or a boycott as possible responses.
- An INSA poll for Bild found 47% of Germans would support a boycott if the United States annexed Greenland, while 35% would oppose it.
- The tournament is scheduled for June 11 to July 19 across the United States, Canada and Mexico, leaving several months for a decision, and coverage notes Trump’s reported rapport with FIFA chief Gianni Infantino.