The European Parliament is set to call FIFA President Gianni Infantino for a hearing over his controversial plan to allow private investment in its competitions, which has met with furious backlash in the football world and led European football associations to threaten a boycott of the next World Cup. The European Parliament's political groups are concerned about FIFA's project. It directly blames Infantino for FIFA's leadership and calling on him to appear before them to explain himself. "These developments come against a wider backdrop of public outrage regarding FIFA's – and your own specifically – political relationships, commercial practices and decision-making." If the letter is approved by a majority of the committee's lawmakers, the invitation to Infantino will be formally sent in September.