France confirms “at this stage” its presence on the 206 World Cup within the United States, regardless of tensions and requires a boycott | EUROtoday

The Minister of Sports clarifies France’s place within the face of requires a boycott in response to Donald Trump’s worldwide coverage. “There is no desire to boycott on the side” of the French Ministry of Sports regarding the 2026 World Cup co-organized by the United States, mentioned the Minister of Sports, Marina Ferrari, Tuesday January 20, within the night.

“At the stage where we are currently speaking, there is no desire for a boycott on the part of our ministry of this great competition which is expected”the minister reported to the press in the course of the needs of the sporting world.

“Now, I am not prejudging what could happen, but I have also heard voices being raised that come from certain political blocs. I want us to dissociate sport [et la politique]. The Football World Cup is an extremely important moment for all sports lovers”she added. This World Cup is organized in Canada, the United States and Mexico (from June 11 to July 19).

“A country that attacks its “neighbors””

On Tuesday, La France insoumise MP Eric Coquerel known as on FIFA to solely play the World Cup this summer time in Mexico and Canada: “Seriously, we imagine going to play the Football World Cup in a country which attacks its “neighbors”, threatens to invade Greenland, destroys worldwide legislation, needs to torpedo the UN, establishes a fascist and racist militia in its nation, assaults the opposition there, prohibits entry to the occasion to the supporters of round fifteen international locations, plans to ban any LGBT signal from the stadiums, and so forth. ? »he wrote on X.

Also on Tuesday, German State Secretary for Sports Christiane Schenderlein knowledgeable Agence France-Presse (AFP) that the German Football Federation (DFB) and the International Football Federation (FIFA) would resolve in full “autonomy” of a potential boycott or not of the World Cup, and that “the federal government will accept this assessment”.

Faced with tensions arising from the American want to grab Greenland and threats of elevated customs taxes in opposition to European states which oppose it, the primary voices talking of a boycott – or perhaps a cancellation – of the World Cup have been heard in Germany, a serious soccer nation, in latest days.

If Donald Trump carries out his “Threats about Greenland and triggering a trade war with the EU, I find it hard to imagine European countries participating in the World Cup”influential conservative MP Roderich Kiesewetter instructed the newspaper on Tuesday Augsburger Allgemeine.

Monday in an interview with FigaroClaude Le Roy, the previous coach of Senegal, mentioned “wondering whether we should not call for a boycott of the 2026 World Cup, given the behavior of Donald Trump towards the continent, with a FIFA president [Gianni Infantino] who prides himself on being at his side. Leaders at the highest level of football never talk about football anymore but only about money”.