Buenos Aires. Argentine President Javier Milei will journey to France on Wednesday, the place he’ll meet his colleague Emmanuel Macron, following the latest controversy generated between each international locations by the mantra that an Argentine soccer participant devoted to the French staff after successful the Copa América.
Milei will arrive in Paris on Thursday and the following day will meet within the morning with Macron, the centre-right president with whom Milei shares a liberal financial ideology however not the identical political creed, on condition that the Argentine is on the far proper. Hours later, Milei will attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Video games.
The assembly between the 2 leaders is more likely to be overshadowed by the controversy generated by the mantra made by Argentine footballer Enzo Fernández to French gamers, which was thought of racist within the European nation, and likewise by the staunch defence that Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel subsequently product of her nation’s nationwide staff, captained by Lionel Messi.
After successful the continental title on July 14, a video posted on Instagram confirmed Fernandez and different Argentine gamers chanting a music that stated France’s gamers are “all from Angola.” It’s the similar chant that claims French gamers have dad and mom from Nigeria and Cameroon, sung by Argentine followers earlier than their nation’s nationwide staff confronted France within the 2022 World Cup ultimate, which the Albicelestes gained.
A number of French-born gamers, Fernandez’s teammates at Chelsea, questioned the Argentine participant. The English membership initiated an inner disciplinary process towards Fernandez. In the meantime, FIFA is investigating the incident following a criticism from the French soccer federation for “racist and discriminatory feedback.”
Vice President Villarruel got here out in protection of the Argentine staff and pointed the finger at France. “No colonialist nation goes to intimidate us for a soccer music or for telling the truths that they do not wish to admit,” stated the official. “Argentina is a sovereign and free nation. We by no means had colonies or second-class residents. We by no means imposed our lifestyle on anybody,” she added.
Milei remained silent, however the phrases of her colleague in energy have been denied by presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni, who stated that her “unlucky remark was private” and confirmed that Karina Milei, the president’s sister and basic secretary of the Presidency, had appeared on the French embassy to make clear these remarks.
Milei’s journey to France may also embody a gathering with businessmen from that nation, which has been interpreted as a chance to hunt new investments.
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– 2024-07-27 09:32:01
