Kylian Mbappé had already spoken about the political situation in France before the first round of the legislative elections, and the captain of Les Bleus was questioned again on this subject this Thursday at a press conference, on the eve of the Euro quarter-final against Portugal, in Hamburg. “I think that more than ever, we have to go and vote, it is really urgent, we cannot leave our country in the hands of these people, it is really urgent,” he declared while the National Rally and its allies beat the New Popular Front and Ensemble last Sunday. We saw the results of the first round, it is catastrophic. We really hope that it will change and that everyone will mobilize to vote, and vote for the right side.”
A little later during the press conference, Sébastien Tarrago, a journalist for the L’Équipe channel, was about to ask a question from one side of the room. “Here, on the far left, on the far left,” the journalist said to get his bearings, while the player scanned the audience. The captain turned his head and replied immediately: “Lucky you’re not on the other side!”
