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Platini cancels UEFA meeting on anti-Blatter tactics

Jun 3, 2015, 3:06 AM

FILE – In this Friday, May 29, 2015 file photo, FIFA president Sepp Blatter after his electio...

FILE - In this Friday, May 29, 2015 file photo, FIFA president Sepp Blatter after his election as President greeted by UEFA President Michel Platini, right, at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland. Blatter has been re-elected as FIFA president for a fifth term, chosen to lead world soccer despite separate U.S. and Swiss criminal investigations into corruption. The 209 FIFA member federations gave the 79-year-old Blatter another four-year term on Friday after Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan conceded defeat after losing 133-73 in the first round. (Patrick B. Kraemer/Keystone via AP, File)

(Patrick B. Kraemer/Keystone via AP, File)

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA has canceled a meeting in Berlin this weekend where member federations were to discuss ways of opposing a Sepp Blatter-led FIFA.

UEFA President Michel Platini says it is better to await developments after Blatter announced plans to resign.

Platini also noted the “unpredictable nature” of a U.S. federal investigation into corruption in world soccer.

He says “considering new information is revealed every day, I believe it is wiser to take time to assess the situation.”

The 54 UEFA member federations were expected to meet on the sidelines of this weekend’s Champions League final.

At least 10 UEFA members are thought to have voted for Blatter despite Platini urging the FIFA president to resign before the election last Friday.

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