Defiant Blatter Blames Europeans for Blocking FIFA Reform
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European soccer officials are blocking reform at the sport’s global ruling body, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said a day after surmounting a corruption scandal to win his fifth term in office.
UEFA President Michel Platini asked Blatter to resign on Thursday, a day after Swiss police arrested two current FIFA vice presidents and five other officials. Blatter, who wasn’t charged and said Saturday he isn’t concerned about being drawn into the investigations personally, said unlike FIFA, UEFA doesn’t have an independent ethics committee.