After last week's violence against Israeli supporters in Amsterdam, Emmanuel Macron and part of the government will attend the sports meeting. A political symbol in the fight against anti-Semitism.
The official stand at the Stade de France will definitely be full. Two days before the France-Israel football match, security concerns are growing after the attacks suffered by Maccabi Tel-Aviv supporters in the streets of Amsterdam (Netherlands). Violence committed by groups of individuals who, according to Dutch police, had responded to a call to specifically target Jews, launched on social networks.
While anti-Semitic acts have experienced an outbreak in France since the terrorist attack of October 7, the sports meeting organized Thursday evening has become a symbol in the fight against this scourge. The Élysée had already announced on Sunday the presence of Emmanuel Macron in the stands in order to “to send a message of fraternity and solidarity after intolerable anti-Semitic acts” in the Dutch capital. Now his predecessors Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande have also confirmed their arrivals in recent hours.
At the microphone of RMC this Monday, the former right-wing head of state said he wanted “to show support for the decision of the government and the president to maintain this match despite all the threats that weighed around it.” Several rebels having called for a boycott of the match to protest against the responses of the Jewish state in the Middle East, Nicolas Sarkozy affirmed that “in the French Republic, the Israeli team is welcome.” “We must never give in to those who want to reign in terror. To step back is to accept the unacceptable. hammered the former Elysée. Who trusts “be delighted to (go) applaud and support the France team and applaud the Israel team”.
While he had a long-planned engagement, his successor François Hollande finally changed his mind. And will attend the event. «(Il) is fully aware of the dimension that the match takes in terms of what is at stake. A symbol which embodies the fight against anti-Semitism, and for which he is and will always be committed.emphasizes to the Parisian the office of the man who once again became deputy for Corrèze. Alongside him, Prime Minister Michel Barnier and other members of the government will also be present.
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