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Platini rules out standing against Blatter
FIFA President Blatter speaks with UEFA President Platini before the 2014 World Cup Group G soccer match between Germany and Portugal at the Fonte Nova arena in Salvador
MONACO (Reuters) – Michel Platini will not stand for election as president of FIFA next year, UEFA member Michel D'Hooghe, who also sits on the FIFA executive committee, told reporters on Thursday.
However, he told the chairman and general secretaries of UEFA's 54 member nations that he had decided not to stand against incumbent president Sepp Blatter.