faced with the political situation, the common initiative of the Blues is still awaited

While they recalled, in turn, at a press conference, the importance of going to vote, the Blues should publish a joint press release to this effect before the first round of the legislative elections.

There was not a press conference without a question on the subject. Since the arrival of the Blues in Germany, a few days after the announcement of the dissolution of the National Assembly and the holding of new legislative elections, politics has appeared every day in the news of the Blues. But if captain Kylian Mbappé raised the possibility of a joint press release from the players of the France team, this is slow in coming, six days before the first round, Sunday June 30.

“As a team, we thought about doing something to try to protect this competition, without being indifferent to the situation. We discussed a message that we could give […]. We’ve thought about it carefully and we’re going to do something very soon.”, declared Kylian Mbappé on June 16, on the eve of the match against Austria. A week later, has the joint initiative taken a hit?

Since then, Adrien Rabiot has stated that he does not really want the Euro to be “parasitized by these stories”then the president of the French Football Federation, Philippe Diallo, hoped that “which is the DNA of the French team, that is to say to be a team which unites, is always present in the minds of the players”. Questioned on the subject, Antoine Griezmann added uncertainty about the publication of this press release: “We’ll see if it happens or not.”

At a press conference on Sunday June 23, in a somewhat slack period when politics and Kylian Mbappé’s broken nose are no longer completely ruining the news of the France team, a question asked to Aurélien Tchouameni brought the subject back to the table on the table. “The story of the press release was something we talked about together, but we didn’t talk about it again because there was the match. I’m sure it will resurface,” replied the Madrilenian, without knowing if the players had the same opinion on the subject. “I don’t know if we all have the same vision of things, I think so. I haven’t spoken with the 25 players, I don’t have the arrogance to say that I know everyone’s position. there is a press release, in any case, you will be the first to know”he added.

The Real Madrid midfielder also took a stand, declaring that he “horror of extremes” and by asserting itself in favor of a “unity policy”. Then, like all his teammates before him, prepared to be questioned on the subject, he called “everyone to go vote and realize that each vote will be of paramount importance”. This should be the content of a possible press release, which should wait until after the match against Poland on Tuesday, while the Blues, briefed, alternately recall and regret the abstention rate close to 50% during the European elections .

A consensual way of positioning oneself in the face of media injunctions, as in 2022, in Qatar, where the Blues had expressed their attachment in a press release “respect for human rights”their “refusal of all forms of discrimination”as well as their support for NGOs “who work for the protection of human rights”.