At a time when the French are preparing to vote for the second round of the presidential election, around fifty sportsmen, who represent France in the four corners of the world, have decided to speak out in order to make their voices heard.
It seems unthinkable to them that a far-right presidency is in power when France is preparing to host the Rugby World Cup in 2023 or the Paris Olympics in 2024. This is why they are calling for a vote. for Emmanuel Macron.
Le Parisien publishes their forum exclusively with Franceinfo.
“I declare open the Paris Games celebrating the 33rd Olympiad of the modern era.
It is with these words that it will be up to the next Head of State to officially open the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This Friday, July 26, 2024, at the end of the opening ceremony on the Seine, among dozens of heads of state, in front of athletes from around the world and billions of television viewers, whoever will be elected on April 24 will embody the country in the eyes of the world.
A few weeks later, he or she will also open the Paralympic Games.
“Sport, a powerful remedy against exclusion”
“We, French sportsmen and women from all walks of life and all disciplines, cannot imagine that this historic moment is marked with the seal of a far-right presidency.
If we are fully aware of the difficulties that many French people are going through, we are convinced that voting for a party that would endanger republican values would be the worst remedy.
The sport in which we believe, that of the values of Olympism, is made of friendship and respect;
it is the place of diversity.
He rejects all discrimination.
Everywhere on the territory, in our cities, our suburbs and our countryside, sport is a powerful remedy for exclusion.
In these uncertain times, it is a rallying point.
It is because we believe in this sport, fraternal and inclusive, that we are committed to preventing our nation from placing at its head a president who embodies the very opposite, the stigmatization of the other, the withdrawal into oneself. , nationalism.
And that we therefore call to vote for Emmanuel Macron on April 24th.
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The petitioners :
Clarisse Agbégnénou (judo), Samir Aït Saïd (gymnastics), Brahim Asloum (boxing), Romain Bardet (cycling), Cécilia Berder (fencing), Alain Bernard (swimming), Marie Bochet (alpine paraski), Laure Boulleau (football), Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (biathlon), Romain Cannone (fencing), Souleymane Cissokho (boxing), Élodie Clouvel (pentathlon), Isabelle Demongeot (tennis), Stéphane Diagana (athletics), Boris Diaw (basketball), Céline Dumerc (basketball), Antoine Dupont (rugby), Gévrise Émane (judo), Maud Fontenoy (sailing), Edgar Grospiron (mogul skiing), Amandine Henry (football), Stéphane Houdet (paratennis), Muriel Hurtis (athletics), Mickaël Jeremiasz (paratennis), Nikola Karabatic (handball), Raphaël Ibañez (rugby), Jean Le Cam (sailing), Christophe Lemaitre (athletics), Laure Manaudou (swimming), Frédéric Michalak (rugby), Estelle Mossely (boxing),Earvin Ngapeth (volleyball), Valérie Nicolas (handball), Yannick Noah (tennis), Sarah Ourahmoune (boxing), Tony Parker (basketball), Dimitri Payet (football), Marie-José Pérec (athletics), Thibaut Pinot (cycling ), Jackson Richardson (handball), Charles Rozoy (para-swimming), Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (tennis), Jessy Trémoulière (rugby), Cameron Woki (rugby), Tony Yoka (boxing), Valériane Ayayi Vukosavljević (basketball), Cléopâtre Darleux ( handball), Eugénie Le Sommer (football), Allison Pineau (handball), Pierre Gasly (F 1), Jean-Pierre Papin (football), Blaise Matuidi (football).Jessy Trémoulière (rugby), Cameron Woki (rugby), Tony Yoka (boxing), Valériane Ayayi Vukosavljević (basketball), Cléopâtre Darleux (handball), Eugénie Le Sommer (football), Allison Pineau (handball), Pierre Gasly (F 1) , Jean-Pierre Papin (soccer), Blaise Matuidi (soccer).Jessy Trémoulière (rugby), Cameron Woki (rugby), Tony Yoka (boxing), Valériane Ayayi Vukosavljević (basketball), Cléopâtre Darleux (handball), Eugénie Le Sommer (football), Allison Pineau (handball), Pierre Gasly (F 1) , Jean-Pierre Papin (soccer), Blaise Matuidi (soccer).