Antoine Dupont and French sport mobilize in a forum – Quinze Mondial

Zapping Quinze Mondial Interview Remi Bonfils: Ntamack/Jalibert who will take the reins? Sunday, April 24, the French will vote for the second round of the presidential elections. This pits Emmanuel Macron against Marine Le Pen. There are very big names in French sport: Nikola Karabatic, Blaise Matuidi, Earvin Ngapeth, Dimitri Payet, Souleymane Cissokho, Clarisse Agbégnéno, Brahim Asloum, Boris Diaw, Pierre Gasly, Estelle Mosely, Tony Parker… but also Antoine Dupont. best player in the world joined these fifty signatory athletes, along with other names from the world of rugby: Jessy Trémoulière, Raphaël Ibanez, Frédéric Michalak, Cameron Woki. Here is the platform: “We, French sportsmen and women from all walks of life and all disciplines, cannot imagine that this historic moment will be marked with the seal of a far-right presidency. If we are fully aware of the difficulties that many French people, 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 the Olympics, is made up of friendship and respect; it is the place of diversity. It refuses 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 vector of unity. This is the case when an entire nation remembers that it is ONE by vibrating in unison behind the exploits of its athletes. It is because we believe in this sport, fraternal and inclusive, that we are committed to avoid q that our nation places at its head a president who embodies just the opposite, the stigmatization of the other, the withdrawal into oneself, nationalism. And that we are therefore calling to vote for Emmanuel Macron on April 24. “To sum up Sunday, April 24, the French will vote for the second round of the presidential elections. Antoine Dupont and other names from the world of rugby are part of the fifty or so sportsmen who signed a platform calling for blocking the far right and your Emmanuel Macron.