Several elected officials welcomed the recall of Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema to the Blues for the next Euro, some from the left and En Marche criticizing the "racist" remarks of the Senator of the National Rally of Marseille Stéphane Ravier.

“Karim Benzema is a Frenchman, but says himself Algerian by heart: he only has to play for the Algerian team.

But wages are much lower in Algeria, ”tweeted Stéphane Ravier.

“France was world champion without him.

We could very well do without it, ”he added on FranceInfo.

Stéphane Ravier's reactions condemned

Words that immediately aroused the ire of EELV number 2 Sandra Regol on the set: “Mr. Ravier allows himself to judge those who have the right to be French with odious expressions […] He used the 'French expression' which is an odious racism that very few people from the political class use because it is really from the extreme and the worst extreme right, ”she retorted.

"Obviously at the RN it's time for deconfinement and when the masks fall the" RN after "is unsurprisingly the" RN before "", also tweeted the leader of the Socialist Party Olivier Faure.

Same irony of the president of the LREM group in the National Assembly, Christophe Castaner: "The rare times when @ Stephane_Ravier scores, it's always against his camp, against France," he tweeted.

Previously, several elected officials had applauded the change of foot of the coach Didier Deschamps towards Karim Benzema, excluded from the France team since 2015 and his indictment in the case of blackmail with the sextape exercised on Mathieu Valbuena.

"Deserved return of Karim @ Benzema in the France team" which is "worthy of wearing the tricolor tunic," said LREM deputy Sacha Houlié.

“Thank you Deschamps” launches Benoît Hamon

" Which team !

Not a lot of sunshine at the moment not to say this happiness, ”underlined the deputy of rebellious France Eric Coquerel.

“What REAL football fan and France team lover couldn't wait to see an attack line play with @ KMbappe, @ Benzema @ AntoGriezmann?

Seriously.

Thank you Deschamps ”, also wrote the founder of Générations Benoît Hamon.

The former Minister of Justice and LR mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris Rachida Dati said she was "happy with her long-awaited return to the French team", stressing that he is "still very committed to children in difficulty".

Benzema retweeted the message from the former Minister of Justice.

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