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It was predictable and there were no surprises: La Marseillaise was whistled at the Education City Stadium on Wednesday before the start of Tunisia-France.
In view of the tormented history between the two countries, one could see a political gesture from the Tunisian supporters, who had already whistled the French anthem during a friendly match which caused a lot of ink to flow in October. 2008.
“
Scandalous
”, had carried away the president Sarkozy at the time.
Its Minister of Sports, Roselyne Bachelot then decreed that "
any match where our national anthem will be whistled will be immediately stopped
", and some on the far right did not hesitate to switch to recovery.
"
These French who whistle the national anthem prove that they are only paper Frenchmen, and that the integration of masses foreign to our culture is a failure because it is a utopia
", had for example pointed out Jean- Marie Le Pen, president of what was called…
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