UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin has expressed confidence within the safety preparations for Euro 2024 in Germany, citing no particular threats however remaining cautious of the broader geopolitical panorama.
“We don’t have any concrete security issues. But the security issue for me is a violent geopolitical situation in the world,” the top of Europe’s governing soccer physique instructed Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) in an interview.
“More and more violence. More and more aggression. The situation is not ideal in the world in principle.”
Ceferin stated forward of the monthlong Euros in 10 German cities, which begin on Friday, that this was one cause why it was good to have the occasion in a single nation once more and never throughout the continent like in 2021.
“It’s much easier for us to work with one police and one secret service in one country compared with a tournament in more countries,” he stated.
“It’s at all times a problem to prepare an enormous occasion just like the Euro, as a result of elevated security and safety concerns. In this facet, it’s most likely a much bigger problem than organizing the Olympic Games.
“And we work well with the German authorities. I visited the Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser, in Berlin and we spoke before a couple of times. Everybody is cooperating.”
German politicians have pledged that the event might be as secure as doable for everybody, with Faeser saying on the weekend that 22,000 law enforcement officials might be working only for the Euros daily.
Faeser additionally instructed Germans and guests to go and benefit from the event, with Ceferin agreeing as a result of “football is one of the rare things that can still bring people together.”
“I really think this could be a big festival of friendship,” he stated.
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