The French Football Federation (FFF) asked Saturday evening “avoid any form of pressure and political use of the French team” regarding the early legislative elections. “Very attached to freedom of expression”, the FFF “joins the necessary call to vote” but “wishes its neutrality to be understood and respected by all (…) as well as that of the selection”, she wrote in a press release distributed in particular to the media covering the Blues at Euro 2024. This press release follows the marked position of Blues striker Marcus Thuram who called at the end of the morning to “fight so that the RN does not pass” during the elections of June 30 and July 7.
From Olivier Giroud to Ousmane Dembélé via Benjamin Pavard, other Didier Deschamps players had asked the French to fulfill their civic duty, and nothing more. The French internationals who begin Monday (9 p.m.) against Austria in the competition in Germany have “virtually all were questioned (…) on the consequences of the results” European elections won by the far-right party on June 9 with 31.4% of the vote. “Each of them was able to express themselves freely, according to their own convictions and their own sensitivity,” added the FFF.
