“Defend Europe” was written on the banner. The slogan will be attributed to the right-wing extremist Identitarian Motion (IB), which, in accordance with the German Federal Workplace for the Safety of the Structure, is looking for a right away closure of all borders and is mostly portraying migration as a menace.
“The ÖFB might be very involved that such a banner was allowed into the stadium regardless of strict controls. The nationwide staff and the affiliation clearly stand for tolerance, variety and integration in all areas of our society,” stated an affiliation assertion on Saturday morning. The banner can’t be attributed to the nationwide staff’s organized fan scene.
Fan representatives intervened instantly
ÖFB fan representatives intervened instantly and documented the motion, which lasted round two minutes shortly earlier than the tip of the sport. “We are actually working to make clear the identification of the folks concerned. Inflammatory messages like these haven’t any place within the nationwide staff’s fan sector,” the soccer affiliation pressured. “The ÖFB has clearly positioned itself towards extremism for years and has completed a number of preventive work, as a result of that is in stark distinction to all of the values that the ÖFB and soccer embody.”
ÖFB staff supervisor Ralf Rangnick additionally made his place clear just a few months in the past. “In Germany and Austria there are political developments and developments that fear me enormously. Above all due to the historical past of each nations,” the German defined in an interview with the newspaper “Der Commonplace” in March. “If the historical past of each nations has taught us something, it’s the hazard posed by right-wing extremism and fascism. Individuals are at the moment speaking overtly regarding remigration and deportation, some folks even assume that is factor, however for me these phrases are horrible.” All excessive positions are dangerous.
