Left-wing MPs refused to take part in a charity football match so as not to “trivialize the far right”.
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“I find it quite pathetic“, declared Thursday September 29 on France Inter the interim president of the National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, about the will of the deputies of La France insoumise, the PS and certain Renaissance deputies not to participate in a match. charity organized this Wednesday with RN deputies.
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“The Jean Moulins of football saved the Republic and saved the Constitution by not playing football with us“, quips Jordan Bardella. “It’s okay, we’ll play football with other people.“
.@J_Bardella on the controversy surrounding the match between deputies: “The Jean Moulin du football saved the Republic by not playing with us, I find that quite pathetic” #le7930inter pic.twitter.com/CZqt7dicpo
– France Inter (@franceinter) September 29, 2022
“When the French wonder if they are going to have to wear a sweater at home this winter, I find this controversy quite appalling“, adds the president of the RN. “I regret that the political debate is reduced to barbecue stories or whether the rebellious deputies are going to play football with us“, he adds.
“This is the first time that the RN has been invited to participate in a match for the French National Assembly team. We will also not participate in the next matches of the XV parliamentary rugby union if the RN is present.“, had declared to franceinfo the socialist group in the National Assembly this Tuesday, in order to “refuse this trivialization of the extreme right“.