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Football supporters from across the continent unanimously adopted a resolutioncalling for FIFA President Sepp Blatters immediate resignation in the light of his involvement in the latest bribery scandal around FIFA HonoraryPresident Havelange detailed in documents made public by the Swiss Supreme Court.
The motion was passed by the General Meeting of Football Supporters Europe (FSE)at its annual European Football Fans’ Congress which took place in Istanbul/Turkey from 13-15 July 2012. FSE is the independent democraticnetwork of football supporters across Europe currently representing more than 3 million football supporters in 41 countries. The three day event inIstanbul was hosted by fans groups from rival clubs Fenerbahce, Besiktas and Galatasaray who worked together for the first time.
Around 500 people from 32 countries registered for the event to share experiencesand discuss potential joint strategies / activities on topics such as ticketing, penalty scales, offensive behavior, Safe Standing andmatch-fixing.
On top of that, Turkish football supporters organized a first ever nationalnetwork meeting with the vision to unite as football supporters beyond rivalries to speak up on shared interests and tackle existing problems evolvingaround violence and safety and security, away travel bans or black market ticket issues in Turkish football. The conclusions later were part of thebasis of an unprecedented meeting between Turkish fans and the Turkish Football Federation.
The growing authority of the FSE fans’ congress was reflected in a greaterthan ever attendance by representatives of national and international institutions, such as FA representatives, UEFA, the European Commission, FIFProand Transparency International, and investigative journalist and international match-fixing expert Declan Hill from Canada.
The selection of Istanbul as congress venue for the first time added extrarelevance to the panel discussion on match-fixing, an increasingly hot topic in Turkish and international football, with calls from speakers forurgent preventative action harnessing the input of fans.
Furthermore, an emergency motion strongly condemning the decision by the GermanFootball Association to ban pre-season friendlies involving Turkish clubs was wholeheartedly endorsed.
The following representatives were elected onto the FSE Executive Committee forthe season to come: Kevin Miles (England), Martin Endemann (Germany), Riccardo Bertolin (Italy), Joanna Laska (Poland), Michal Riecanský(Slovakia), Linda Hadorn (Switzerland), Igor Gomonai (Ukraine). They are joined by the appointed members from the newly founded on-topic divison ofFSE on anti-discrimination Goran Malic (Croatia), the director of the FSE Fans’ Embassy division Michael Gabriel (Germany) and FSE Coordinatorand Chief Executive Daniela Wurbs (Germany).
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