The next coordinator of La France insoumise Manuel Bompard and the former environmentalist presidential candidate Yannick Jadot again asked Emmanuel Macron on Monday not to “provide political supportin Qatar by going there on Wednesday for the France-Morocco match.
Even before the start of the World Cup, the president had announced his presence for the semi-final or the final in the event of the qualification of the Blues, a commitment which is controversial due to criticism of the living conditions of migrant workers, the impact on the environment of air-conditioned stadiums and the place of women and minorities in Qatar.
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“Need for France’s diplomatic action”
“I think he is wrong, we can both respect the enthusiasm of the population (for the French team), but it is not the same thing to provide political support (in Qatar) by going there“, declared Manuel Bompard on France inter. And the deputy of Bouches-du-Rhône to add: “The French team needs its supporters to win, probably not the presence of Emmanuel Macron in the stands, on the other hand human rights in Qatar need the diplomatic action of France“.
Green MEP Yannick Jadot abounded on Twitter, believing that with the imprisonment of a Greek vice-president of the European Parliament Eva Kaili for corruption in a case linked to Qatar, is even more necessary “the political boycott of the World Cup“. “I solemnly ask President Emmanuel Macron to cancel his trip to Qatar“, he wrote.