Denmark’s former prime minister defied Fifa and Qatar – showed up in a rainbow dress

National teams, supporters and journalists have been refused to wear rainbow colors during the Qatar World Cup. Denmark’s former Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt cared little about that.

On Tuesday, she appeared in a rainbow dress before Denmark’s match against Tunisia.

– It’s a great dress. I am absolutely sure that I will get in, said Helle Thorning-Schmidt to NRK outside the stadium.

Not long after, she was allowed to enter, writes the channel.

On Monday, it became known that the International Football Association has announced sporting reactions if the team captains of the World Cup nations carry out the long-announced marking with multi-coloured captain’s armbands.

It caused all nations to scrap their plans. At the same time, criticism of Fifa has been pouring in from the outside world.

– It is really sad. The Danish Football Association (DBU) has fought from day one for something to happen in Fifa, Thorning-Schmidt added to NRK.

Not everyone has received as good treatment as the former prime minister in the first days of the World Cup. On Monday evening, Danish journalist Jon Pagh was stopped by Qatari police after he had borrowed a “OneLove” armband during a TV feature for Danish TV2.

(© NTB)