Vettel slams UEFA’s “wrong” decision to ban pride colours at Euro 2020
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UEFA prevented attempts by the Munich government to light up Germany’s national football stadium in pride colours in support of LGBTQ+ rights ahead of last night’s Euro 2020 match between Germany and Hungary.The planned gesture was meant to be an act of solidarity in response to Hungary passing an anti-gay law to ban the depiction and promotion of homosexuality to under-18s in the country.”300x1UEFA stood firm on its decision to block the rainbow colours, leading to a day of protests in Germany.Speaking ahead of this weekend’s Styrian Grand Prix, Vettel called on institutions to “rethink” their approach on banning such messages.Related ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); Schumacher reveals why he got Vettel to look inside his F1 caraccImages.createImage(); Tsunoda vows to change approach after run of F1 qualifying shunts“I don’t know all the details but I think to excuse it as a political message I think is the wrong path,” he said.“It’s definitely not harming anybody and I think it’s a great message that they would have loved to send out and were not allowed.Related ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); Tsunoda vows to change approach after run of F1 qualifying shuntsaccImages.createImage(); Silverstone confirms capacity F1 crowd for British GP”So I think some institutions need to rethink their approach on banning these types of messages. As I said it’s definitely the way forward and I didn’t understand it.”German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has been showing his support for the LGBT+ community during the Euro 2020 tournament by wearing a rainbow-coloured captain’s armband. Earlier this week, UEFA dropped its investigation over Neuer’s armband.Netherlands captain Georginio Wijnaldum is also set to wear a rainbow armband when for his side’s last-16 tie against the Czech Republic in Budapest.”4googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(“2
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