Further to an incident that occurred at a Dutch national team training session on 8 June, UEFA has written to the mayors of the Polish and Ukrainian cities where open training sessions are scheduled to take place to ask that all effective and necessary measures – including an increased police presence – be implemented to prevent any display of discriminatory or racist behavior at such public sessions.
UEFA has also requested that the authorities ensure that any person found to be engaging in racist behavior be immediately ejected from the stadium and its vicinity, and that criminal proceedings be launched against such individuals.
A letter was also sent to the sports minister of Poland, Joanna Mucha, to ask for the full support of the Polish authorities in dealing with these important matters.
While to date there has only been one isolated incident, any such behavior is totally incompatible with UEFA's zero-tolerance policy towards any type of discriminatory behavior. UEFA is nevertheless confident that the local authorities will adequately deal with the issue.
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