European national teams intend to boycott FIFA competitions until it drops plans to create a new company, backed by private investors, to run its events including the men’s and women’s World Cups. The most controversial aspect of the FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) plan was to sell a stake in the company to private equity. European nations have now agreed to boycott FIFA competitions until the plans are dropped. The next scheduled FIFA tournament is actually due to be in Europe – the Women’s Under-20 World Cup in Poland starting in September. Following that is the Women’s Under-17 World Cup in Morocco in October and the Men’s Under-17 World Cup in Qatar in November, all ahead of the next major event – the Women’s World Cup in Brazil in the summer of 2027.