Jordan Bardella criticises footballer’s call for young people to vote against ‘extremes’ in upcoming elections
Kylian Mbappé said: ‘I want to be proud to represent France; I don’t want to represent a country that doesn’t correspond to my values, or our values.’Kylian Mbappé said: ‘I want to be proud to represent France; I don’t want to represent a country that doesn’t correspond to my values, or our values.’has criticised the footballer Kylian Mbappé over his call for young people to vote against the “extremes” in parliamentary elections this month.
“When you’re lucky enough to have a very, very big salary, when you are a multimillionaire … then I’m a little embarrassed to see these athletes … give lessons to people who can no longer make ends meet, who no longer feel safe, who do not have the chance to live in neighbourhoods overprotected by security agents.
That call resonated with some young people in Mbappé’s former neighbourhood, an underprivileged Paris suburb, but was immediately criticised by the RN. Bardella was speaking a day after France won its Euro 2024 opening match in which Mbappé Bardella’s Eurosceptic, anti-immigration party has its first real chance of winning national power in the 30 June and 7 July ballot. Opinion polls have consistently placed the RN first since Macron’s decision this month to dissolve parliament after a drubbing for his centrists by the RN.
Meanwhile, the French Football Federation president, Philippe Diallo, told a press conference at the team’s camp in Germany that players were free to express their opinions. He urged political parties not to use these comments to their benefit.
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