Ousmane Dembélé has raised his voice after the result of the European elections in France. Marine Le Pen’s far-right party swept the votes, prompting Emmanuel Macron to dissolve the National Assembly and call elections. The Paris Saint-Germain winger, whose father is Malian and whose mother is French with Mauritanian and Senegalese ancestry, has not wanted to turn a deaf ear to the rise of National Regrouping in recent European competitions.
For this reason, the next early legislative elections in France, on June 30 and July 7, in the first and second round, respectively, entered this Thursday into the current concentration of the country’s team for the Euro 2024 in Paderborn, where the former Barcelona striker encouraged people to “mobilize to go vote” at a press conference before the afternoon training session.
“I saw on the news that half of the voters didn’t go to vote. We have to go vote”
“The situation in France has sounded the alarm. I think we must mobilize to go vote. I saw on the news that half of the voters did not go to vote. We have to go vote. The French Football Federation has established a system of voting by proxy. I want to tell people: ‘go vote,'” said the Paris Saint-Germain player.
The result of the European elections in France, with the 32% of the votes for the far-right National Regrouping party (RN) of Marine Le Pen, for the 14.4 of Renaissance, of Emmanuel Macron, caused the announcement last Sunday by the President of France of the dissolution of the National Assembly and the call of early legislative elections.
Both dates coincide with the development of Euro 2024, depending on the French team’s progress in the tournament. The round of 16 is scheduled for June 30. The semifinals and the final, starting on July 7.
Take Zidane’s baton
The French team, which won Euro 2000, two years after they won their first World Cup in Paris, is recognized as a model of unity and diversity. The ‘Black, Blanc, Beur’ mix of players is recognized in the French tricolor flag of white, blue and red.
Already then, French football also stood up to the rise of the extreme right. In the 2002 elections, Zinedine Zidane adopted a more critical stance and mobilized the civilian population in his condemnation of the ideas of Jean Marie Le Pen, father of the now political leader in France: “People have to think about the consequences that can have to vote for a party that does not correspond at all to the values of France,” Zizou said then.
Austria, Holland and Poland
Dembélé assured that the French football federation will make it possible for players, coaches and other personnel to vote remotely from Germany.
France opens its Euro 2024 campaign this Monday against Austria. They will later face Holland and Poland in Group D. Didier Deschamps’ men appear as clear favorites for the title.
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