He doesn’t want the biggest football party to be held in the United States. La France insoumise (LFI) MP Éric Coquerel calls on Fifa, the International Football Federation, this Tuesday to only play the World Cup this summer in Mexico and Canada. For him, no match should be held on United States soil in reaction to the international policy of American President Donald Trump.
“Seriously, we imagine going to play the Football World Cup in a country that attacks its neighborsthreatens to invade Greenland, destroys international law, wants to torpedo the UN (United Nations)establishes a militia fascist and racist in his country, attacks opposition there, bans fans from around fifteen countries from accessing the event, plans to ban all LGBT signs from stadiums, etc. ? » he writes on the social network
“The question arises seriously, especially since it is still possible to refocus on Mexico and Canada,” judges the president of the Finance Committee of the National Assembly.
Less than five months before the start of the World Cup (June 11-July 19), which is being played in three countries (United States, Canada, Mexico), such a change in attitude from Fifa seems unlikely. During the draw for the competition at the beginning of December, its president Gianni Infantino pulled out all the stops for Donald Trump by giving him his first “peace prize” from the football federation.
