florida, guys from iowa, that bed were raised on arms. guys like me that are from germany. i. we're all coming together for this beautiful game. get the popcorn ready? you're watching dw news up. next. we have switch life. were you on football and politics? a michael oak, who in berlin from me and the rest of the berlin news team really appreciate your time and your company i thought i was just rescuing deducted from a farm. this one the body globally. you know, i found it like this and i couldn't just leave it there on them. he showed me. 2 2 2 ah, this is such

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never been politicized. quite like this in the public eye. color has come under scrutiny, pencils, human rights, brisk cases, stuffed with cash. the colossal loss of life football like the world, finds itself in the middle of a clash between different cultures. values and morals and favor will soon have to vote on where the 2030 man's world cup will be held. they could be handed to saudi arabia and egypt to order credit countries of the united states will co host the 2026 tournament phone to gun violence. and it, he, abortion laws, political and societal issues up down to play a role in future tournaments. so how did we get here, and how can football navigate its way through this world politics? this is the moment it all started to escalate his ha,

politics in sport, aunt new. we've seen uproar in the past such as the 9836 olympics in nazi germany. the 1978 mens woke up in argentina and most recently in russia in 2018 swollen politics. it's always been closely woven. we seen many manifestation years and woke up in pretoria with the late in a katara 2022 saw an extraordinary amount of scrutiny, no matter where you sit. it was a bizarre thought to the tournament from the intense media coverage. the johnny infant. he knows opening diatribe today. i feel at up today i feel african. today i see la gay germany's protest went viral as did iran for paul as have never felt more emboldened to take a stand fence, openly voiced support for palestine for women's rights.

and for the algae, beta q, community it in a wall drive and it all started with legitimate criticism of guitars approach to this world cup. i think one of the scary thing about this world to help is to weigh, whoops. the organizers are completely conscious political dimension. and yet aside from it, critics have pointed to migrant workers, deaths. that's 3 work related deaths and 37 non work related, right? this is a natural part of life, whether it's at work, whether it's in your face, the country's laws against homosexuality. i am not the big one big mifflin let us have on why? because the damage in the mind. it views towards women, the questionable carbon cost of the world cup. and of course, the bribery allegations are a country with little pu pulling history,

successfully use the world cup to elevate it's global influence. it's called a debate that is divisive confronting and has a tendency to descend into what about ism western media called at katara and fee for over corruption allegations and was accused of hypocrisy in return. why don't we perceive katara has been so much more crooked because it paid bribes to win the world cup. that's also true of other countries. and that i think it has to invite questions about how categories, middle easterners, arabs, muslims, are perceived in the west. and whether the same misconduct that has occurred in the west, when it occurs among these people, we some are react as if it's, it's shocking. it's unprecedented. it's, it's more severe. it's more a reprehensible cuts are played the roofless game of geo politics. fifa chase

profits above all else. many western businesses and governments also benefited from the venture. it's the re body of our hunter, capitalistic world. what? oh, sport in general is, is merely a reflection of the widest political see in that sense we are at a, we are at a turning point sees in history. that turning point is the battle between liberal and non liberal values. many parts of the world chose not to criticize keta. the torment highlighted that our global society holds conflicting values. if you look at asia and africa, perhaps a day view of this is that there's a certain amount of european american of chrissy in this. and so they're not as prepared to be critical of the, sorry, regime. what i believe in is most certainly different to what you believe in. everyone draws a line on morality. but one issue is that the world's values are constantly

changing. the line will be different in 510 or 20 years. homosexuality wasn't completely decriminalized in germany until 1994. and in 50 years time, some of the world may look back at industrial slaughterhouses, as it's great shame in the west democratic and free speech values have been developed at of high set by internal politics. it's now placing external expectations on other nations to keep up. every country has its own line. the unfairness is in expecting all other regions of other countries to be immediately, immediately at the level of a western countries that is unfair, lustrous, unrealistic guts. that's even naive. the better, more fair and more productive approach would be to say, how can we support these countries to making progress as rapidly as possible and can we celebrate the progress that they've made safer with 211 diverse members is

stuck in the middle of this debate on values and morality. so to is european club for all in relation to foreign ownership. so after katara, how will the football world react to future tournament hosts? therefore beds expected for the 2030 men's world cup and the world will have very different views on which countries a most suitable morocco has put its hat in the ring. as a joint bid from south america, spain and portugal have teamed up with ukraine and has also been expected from saudi arabia, egypt, and grace. no one country can claim to be completely controversy free. if we were to adopt absolutely strict liberal ah moral principle, i guess no nation qualifies, right? the men's world cup heads to the united states in 2026 gun laws. anti abortion

legislation, banned the policing system will be under the microscope. so how do we draw a line between countries that are good enough and countries that aren't? and is that even possible? we all have to draw road lines and there's no way of deciding one line is the correct one line is incorrect. i can't say that yours is the wrong line. it's just not the line that i would draw pfeifer has been one of the main adjudicators for footballs line. across the past decade, the world cup has been sent to non western nations. profits may well be, faith is main goal, but he can't deny it has diversified football away from europe and the america's seeing the arab world embrace its 1st woke up was indeed a beautiful sight. that's where the sheets of paper is to become more inclusive internationally. the report and to give those nations more of a child now originally is this tension quite where?

sadly, many of the regime to those parts of the world are repressive regimes who do not allow free speech. do not allow college countries such as china, russia, brazil, and cattle have all posed moral dilemmas for the western world. and the traditional european power houses and not used to being 2nd in the pecking order. so could we say a power struggle in the near future? one that's based on values and ideals, what possibilities we go on with this, there are some compromises with her and it keeps or go planning. there is another possibility which is the democratic re, speech inclinations in europe. actually decide to go there a way and say we can't participate in this corrupt organization anymore. that could main pitting, the west against the rest. i just would counsel against the categorical assumption that the only way to avoid corruption. human rights issues is to return rigorous,

forced to the west in the north. the major supporting organizations are actually more aligned with suppression and anti democratic forces than they are with freedom and democratic causes. one would like to see a realignment within those organizations. i suspect that there will be pressure for that to come. i really struggle to know what the outcome with the uncertainty is a big question mark for world football going forward. because it's clear both sides as well as favor a using the game for political leverage. the thought did in fact draw a line in 2022 when it's suspended, russia after its invasion of ukraine. that is faith are really able to act with a moral compass that pleases everyone. individuals and companies can of course decide whether or not they want to boycott future tournaments, but so far, no national football association has been willing to take a meaningful stand. so what happens when the world faces it's next katara?

one option is the vision and boycotts. another is in isn't an engagement one of the most beautiful, most compelling things about the way these cultures and nationalities gather here and interact is the political speech that occurs? i don't think that attracts from the experience. i think it quite enhances it. i think it's, it's attention, but it's a constructive tension through football and the world cup that constructive tension can play out in a fairly unique environment. where else in the world can we do this? where else in the world can so many countries come together and express their identity both culturally and politically, in a way that doesn't deteriorate into conflict and riots and fights, and so forth. the sporting aspect which draws all of us to football in the 1st place will still maintain its romanticism and ability to entertain. leonel messy

winning his 1st world cup, morocco reaching the semi final rinaldo leaving in devastating ts. they will all remain off the field however fif his challenge is to try and build bridges in this paddle of ideologies that includes living up to its own slogans and admitting this discussion is inseparable from sport. the question is where the fee for and its members actually up to that task is reco. it is actually catchy. and so it's not clear that they all going to formulate the clear policy position of johnny. and do, you know, is presidency, greece here at the moment so it doesn't look like there's any little change with coming in. so if pupils governing bodies continue to pretend politics don't exist in sport, it could just lead to more division. there is a lot of stake, so can faith actually rise to the challenge and try to help you not the world

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