That for ecological, humanitarian or, more prosaically, economic reasons, the list of cities that have decided to boycott the broadcast of the 2022 World Cup matches in Qatar is growing by the hour. In Mayenne, on the occasion of the Mondial-2018, several municipalities of the department such as Mayenne, Craon and Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne had organized fanzone with giant screens. What will it be this year?
“It is not up to the fans to suffer the choices of FIFA”
In the south of the department, in Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne and Craon, nothing has yet been decided. Nothing to do with any boycott, it’s for weather reasons: “With the rain it will be more difficult to organize the spaces with giant screens“, Declares the mayor of Craon, Bertrand de Guébriant.
For the time being, elected officials say they have not yet made a clear decision on the matter and prefer to advise depending on the results of the Blues. But according to the personal opinion of the mayor of Craon, “it is not up to the loyal football fans to suffer the choices of the international football federation (FIFA). “The city of Evron has not yet decided: the subject has not yet been discussed in the city council.
Laval boycotted the 2022 World Cup
As for Laval, the choice is clear: it is not a question of broadcasting the 2022 World Cup on giant screens. Céline Loiseau, sports and youth assistant, told France Bleu Mayenne on Tuesday that the municipality “opposes the sporting values supported by a competition which, in a context of energy and economic crisis, conditions its stadium, and is responsible for the death of thousands of workers on the construction sites of Qatar.“According to the British newspaper The Gardiano, 6,500 workers are said to have died on the construction sites of the host stadium of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
