Bordeaux, Lille, Reims, Strasbourg… Several French cities disapprove of the 2022 World Cup (November 20-December 18) in Qatar and have accordingly announced their refusal to install giant screens.
“
We will not broadcast any matches on a giant screen
,” the socialist mayor of Lille, Martine Aubry, said in a tweet last Saturday.
“
I do not support the organization of this competition in this country
”, for his part indicated the mayor of Rodez Christian Teyssèdre.
The mayor of Reims Arnaud Robinet speaks of "
one of the most controversial events in the history of sport
".
First reason put forward by the various mayors and municipal councils, the “
energy mismanagement
” presented by this World Cup.
The expression is from Pierre Hurmic, environmentalist mayor of Bordeaux.
His city is the latest to follow suit in this series of boycotts.
“
I do not want to be accused of complicity with such a demonstration.
This retransmission would be indecent when we call our…
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