Mbappe calls French elections 'more important' than football

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Kylian Mbappe said he is against 'extreme and divisive ideas' as France prepares for a snap election

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00:00Kylian Mbappé is against the extremes, against the ideas that divide, as I said, we have the opportunity to choose the future of our country and it is a task that must be underlined, it is very important and I think that you are fully aware of it here, but maybe there are many young people who are not necessarily aware of it, not consciously but unconsciously when we see the rate of abstention, whether it is in the countryside, in the suburbs, everywhere, that's why I'm trying to give the voice to really talk to these people of my generation because I was in this characteristic there, being younger,

00:29to say to myself, my voice will not change, yes, yes, yes, the voice will change and the importance and urgency of the situation means that today, as I said, I want to be proud to wear this jersey, the 7, I do not want to represent a country that does not correspond to my values, that does not correspond to our values, because I think and I hope that we are all in the same case, so that's why we must not hide, we often say that we must not mix politics and football, I agree when it concerns morons,

00:57but when it concerns situations like this, it is very important and it is more important, as I said, than tomorrow's match and it is a truth and I hope that I will not be blamed because today the country is in a situation that is very important.

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