A few hours after France’s debut at Euro 2024, the man-symbol of the blue Kylian Mbappé stands against the Rassemblement National of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella, making his own the appeal launched yesterday by teammates Marcus Thuram: «We are in a crucial moment in the country’s history, and we must look at the priorities. We are citizens first and foremost, we must not be disconnected from the world. We find ourselves in an unprecedented situation,” said Mbappé. «I want to address all French people and in particular young people: we see that extremists are at the gates of power. We have the possibility to change everything, and we must identify with the values of tolerance, respect, diversity. Every vote counts. I share the same values as Marcus, I’m on his side.” From the opposite side to the far right of the RN, which with 33% of voting intentions is now the favorite to win the legislative elections on 30 June, called by Macron after the electoral defeat of the European elections a week ago. For Mbappé, “especially young people” should go to vote but for other political forces: those capable of guaranteeing the defense “of the values of mixing, tolerance, respect. I hope that on July 7th we will still be proud to wear this shirt”, said the dei center forward in conclusion bluereferring to the outcome of the second round of the legislative elections, expected in the midst of the European football championships.
