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French soccer ethics body calls on fans to keep politics out of stadiums amid student protests
The federation ethics body said 6,600 arrests and banner displays show why stadiums should stay nonpolitical during the protests.
- The National Council for Football Ethics urged fans to maintain political neutrality during matches, acknowledging that young supporters often use stadiums to express backing for student demonstrators protesting across France.
- During recent French League One matches, fans displayed banners criticizing police tactics as demonstrators face a muscular response that has resulted in more than 6,600 arrests nationwide as of last week.
- Supporters at Lens and PSG matches unfurled banners condemning "disproportionate and systematic police violence," while adolescents suffered life-changing injuries including a shattered jaw and a lost hand during protests.
- Citing the Olympic Charter and FIFA statutes, the CNE recalled that political neutrality "is enshrined" in the laws of sport, prohibiting political, ideological, or religious displays at stadiums.
- Football Ethics calls on all supporters to uphold neutrality in all circumstances, aiming to ensure stadiums remain places of shared enjoyment rather than political or trade union battlegrounds.
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The Conseil national de l'Éthique et de Déontologie published this Thursday a statement asking French supporters not to take a stand on the high school movement and police violence.
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French soccer ethics body calls on fans to keep politics out of stadiums amid student protests
PARIS (AP) — The ethics body of the French soccer federation is urging fans to stay neutral amid the nationwide student protests that are drawing international attention.
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