On June 15, as the France team was preparing to enter the fray for Euro 2024, Marcus Thuram took a clear position at a press conference.
The French striker clearly called for blocking the National Rally during the legislative elections, so that Marine Le Pen’s political party does not come to power.
“We have to go vote. As a citizen we must fight so that the RN does not pass”he notably declared at the time.
Thuram assumes his political position
More than six months later, Marcus Thuram returned to this controversial speech, which had been supported by Kylian Mbappé. “It seemed natural to Kylian Mbappé and me. We are young, black, it was just to understand what was happening and talk about it,” confided the Inter Milan player during an interview given to La Gazzetta dello sport.
Initially scheduled for 2027, the elections were called early three years before the end of the legislature, following the dissolution of the National Assembly by the President of the Republic. The RN came in first at the end of the first round, accumulating with its allies a result of 33% of the votes cast.
