French government not in favour of World Cup 2026 boycott over Greenland threats

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Source: theguardian.com
French government not in favour of World Cup 2026 boycott over Greenland threats
  • Minister says there is ‘no desire’ to boycott tournament

  • But Coquerel says US should be stripped of World Cup

The French government is not in favour of boycotting this year’s World Cup being co-hosted by the United States over Donald Trump’s Greenland threats, France’s sports minister has said.

Trump has targeted France among the eight European countries threatened with tariffs for their opposition to his drive to annex Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark.

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