Since the results of the first round, the world of ovality has multiplied actions against the National Rally. French rugby thus split, a few days ago, a platform in tribute to Federico Aramburu and against far-right ideology. On April 19, several Racing players took to the stage at the Institut du judo in Paris to encourage the undecided to vote for Emmanuel Macron.
Three days before the second round, it is the turn of Frédéric Michalak, the ex-opening half passed in particular by Toulouse and Toulon, 77 caps in the French team, to attack the candidate of the RN, and in particular his proposal to ban the veil in public space, citing the case of his sister. “My little sister born in France, I love you, I am sad to see that you would not be free in your own country to live your faith. Free, veiled by choice, and helping the most needy every day!”was offended the former French international on twitter.
My little sister born in France, I love you, I am sad to see that you would not be free in your own country to live your faith. Free, veiled by choice, and helping the poorest every day!
Shame on vs@RNational_off!
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— ᴍɪᴄʜᴀʟᴀᴋ ғʀᴇᴅᴇʀɪᴄ (@michalakfred) April 21, 2022
“Not my values”
An exit in reaction to the incessant controversy on the subject, which has come back to the fore since Marine Le Pen rose to the second round of the election. Two days earlier, during the debate between the two rounds, Emmanuel Macron and the leader of the RN had a tough battle around the veil and secularism. “I am for the ban on the veil in public space, I said it in the clearest way” because “the veil is a uniform imposed by the Islamists” “a large part of the young women who put it on cannot do otherwise in reality, said the far-right candidate. We must free all of these women, we must push back the Islamists and for that, I believe, we must ban the veil in public space. “What you are proposing is a betrayal of the French spirit and of the Republic”replied Emmanuel Macron, accusing his opponent: “You will create civil war if you do that.”
This is not the first time that Frédéric Michalak has taken a public position against the National Rally: on April 12, he was already part of the contingent of athletes and former athletes who signed a column published in the Parisian calling for blocking the National Rally. The next day, he split another tweet, citing the measure for the establishment of quotas for French players (70%) in the workforce of professional sports, which appeared in the sports program of the RN in 2017. “Not my values”he then snapped.