The meeting, this Thursday, November 14 at the Stade de France, of the League of Nations, a competition “which doesn’t interest many people” according to the Corriere della Sera, between France and Israel takes place in a particularly tense context given the war in Gaza and Lebanon.
Indeed, last week, Israeli supporters were the target of violence on the sidelines of a match in Amsterdam. In response to this, and rather than canceling the meeting, “the French government took the opportunity to show that France would not give in to anti-Semitism”, explains the Italian newspaper.
“Send a message of fraternity and solidarity”
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung also reports the desire of the French Minister of the Interior to maintain the sporting event at the Stade de France, the Parc des Princes having been mentioned in particular as a smaller alternative. Bruno Retailleau “refused to give in to the threat to the security of Jewish supporters”, comments the conservative German newspaper.
Despite everything, the enclosure will not be completely full. Only about 20,000 of the 80,000 seats were put on sale. And, even if Emmanuel Macron himself announced that he wanted to attend the meeting to “e
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