State Secretary for Equality between Women and Men, Marlene Schiappa, said on Sunday that PSG officials will be received next week by her and Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu, after the revelations on a ethnic group within the club.

Officials of Paris Saint-Germain, in turmoil after the revelations on ethnic registration in the club, will meet next week the Minister of Sports Roxana Maracineanu and the Secretary of State for Equality between women and men and the fight against discrimination, Marlene Schiappa, announced this last Sunday.

"We will receive this week, together, both, PSG officials," said Ms. Schiappa on the program "Sunday in politics" on France 3.

The case of ethnic registration of young players in a PSG recruitment cell, between 2013 and 2018, was revealed Thursday by a group of European media, including France Mediapart and "Special Envoy" . "We reserve all rights to act, nothing is closed" , including in court, "but first we will receive the club to know what he has to say," said Ms. Schiappa.

Describing the ethnic record as "appalling" , the Secretary of State recalled that "ethnic registration is prohibited in France" .

Complaint against X

On Friday, the Human Rights League filed a complaint against X for "discrimination" and for "collection and processing of personal data revealing racial or ethnic origins." On Thursday, Ms. Maracineanu expressed her "dismay" and asked the French Football Federation (FFF) and the Professional Football League (LFP) to "examine this issue" . The FFF announced Friday it had seized its National Council of Ethics (CNE).

For its part, the PSG launched an internal investigation and promised Friday to "share next week the results with the authorities and authorities in order to shed more light on the subject." The club has raised in recent days a "personal initiative" of the person in charge, at the time of the facts, of the recruitment of the training center dedicated to the territories outside Ile-de-France, Marc Westerloppe. He left the Paris club at the beginning of the year to join Stade Rennais.