Victor Wembanyama: “For me it is important to move away from extremes”, after the French football team, the basketball player takes a stand

Le phénomène français a donné son avis sur la situation politique en France. MAXPPP – ADAM DAVIS

Victor Wembanyama, the star of French basketball, judged Thursday that it was "important to move away from extremes, which are not the direction to take for a country like ours& ;quot;, in response to a question from the press on the political context in France.

"Of course, political choices are personal but for me it is important to move away from extremes, which are not the direction to take for a country like ours", declared, regarding the anticipated legislative elections, the basketball player, interviewed during a press conference of the Blues at Insep , in Paris, before the Olympic Games.

Wembanyama (20 years old, 2.24 m) was in 2023 the first Frenchman chosen in first position in the NBA draft, by the San Antonio Spurs.

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