Emmanuel Macron's message before the France-Israel match

The President of the Republic spoke to BFMTV a few hours before the start of the France-Israel football match which will take place under high tension.

Faced with anti-Semitism, he calls for “not to give in.” Emmanuel Macron spoke briefly this Thursday, November 14 at the microphone of BFMTV a few hours before the start of the football match which will pit France against Israel at the Stade de France.

A sporting meeting without much at stake but which takes place in the context of conflict in the Middle East between the Hebrew State and Hamas since October 7, 2023 and after violence that occurred in Amsterdam.

“We will not give in to anti-Semitism anywhere and violence, including in the French Republic, will never prevail and neither will intimidation,” declared the Head of State to BFMTV.

“This bad wind of anti-Semitism blowing across the world”

At the beginning of November, supporters of the Tel Aviv football club were attacked in the streets of the Dutch capital. An event which motivated the French authorities to strengthen security around and in the Stade de France.

“France is organizing a sporting, cultural, intellectual event that it intends to organize and that it wants to organize. We do this by protecting artists, athletes, intellectuals, by allowing everyone to experience these events,” he added. Emmanuel Macron.

“We will not give in to this bad wind of anti-Semitism that is blowing across the world,” finally assured Emmanuel Macron.

The Stade de France and its surroundings are under close surveillance, with a very reinforced system for the match between the French team and Israel this Thursday in the League of Nations (8:45 p.m.).