If the Blues, at first, preferred to stay away from the French political earthquake, some have not hesitated since to frankly state their position.
There were Kingsley Coman, Dayot Upamecano or Olivier Giroud who among Blues preferred to stay away from political debates after the results of the European elections and the subsequent dissolution of the National Assembly. Then there was Ousmane Dembélé clearly calling on his fellow French citizens to vote for the legislative elections of June 30 and July 7. Marcus Thuram clearly took a position before the French team entered the fray at Euro 2024.
“ We have to fight on a daily basis so that this does not happen again and so that the RN does not pass », Said the son of Lilian Thuram while the National Rally collected almost a third of the votes during the European elections, this Sunday, June 9. “ I understand that some players can come in front of you and just say that we have to go and vote, but I think that is not enough. We must also explain how we got here and the seriousness of the situation. I am in front of you and I say certain things, other people can think it and not say it. I respect everyone’s desire to be free in this situation. But I have no doubt that in the French team everyone thinks like me. »
Ruffin welcomes Thuram’s remarks
A speech cheerfully welcomed by the Popular Front and the Union of the Lefts. François Ruffin in particular did not hesitate to cite the Inter Milan striker as an example. “ We must realize, we political leaders, that the Popular Front is not us. It’s almost more Léna Situations, Marcus Thuram and Squeezie. The Popular Front is the people who are behind me, who work, who have only one aspiration, and that is to be able to live well in their work and not survive from it. »
And the outgoing deputy candidate for the Somme, responding to BFM TV this Saturday as part of a demonstration against the extreme right in Amiens, added: “ We must see the progress made in a country which is tearing itself apart, which is in depression. Sunday evening, the left turned the light back on by putting itself behind the banner of the Popular Front. In four days, there was a program with hundreds of thousands of people signing to say: ‘Come on, stop the bullshit, be united.’ » A final appeal motivated by the appearance of divisions already in the LFist ranks.
