World in Qatar: they’re in opposition to a large display in Caen and put stress in town corridor

Whereas Metropolis of Caen (Calvados) has let or not it’s identified that it might broadcast matches from the World Cup 2022 to Qatarwithin the occasion of qualification of the Blues within the spherical of 16, by a large display, elected representatives of the opposition guarantee for his or her half, that they don’t want it. The world is scheduled from Sunday November 20 to Sunday December 18, 2022. This display would then be positioned indoors, the World happening in late fall.

“Ecological catastrophe”

“Our metropolis, an emblem of regained freedom, can not assist an occasion whose preparation was made in indecent working and dwelling circumstances that led to the demise of not less than 6,500 overseas staff (inquiry by The GuardianFebruary 23, 2021). As such, we ask the municipality to assist the #PayUpFifa initiative geared toward having FIFA finance a compensation fund for overseas staff and their households, who’ve contributed to building websites for the Males’s Soccer World Cup, asks thus the elected ecologist Rudy L’Orphelin. We can not agree to arrange the retransmission of the ecological catastrophe that this occasion additionally constitutes: building of many gigantic infrastructures in the midst of the desert, air con within the open air, organising of 160 flights a day – each 10 minutes – for the supporters neighboring nations. An ecological price of a whopping 3.6 million tonnes of CO2 in accordance with FIFA forecasts, largely undervalued in accordance with the NGO Carbon Market Watch. »

Main cities in France have introduced that they won’t set up fan zones or big screens in the course of the occasion. That is significantly the case for Paris, Bordeaux, Lille, Marseille, Nancy or Rennes. Rudy L’Orphelin asks Caen to comply with the identical path.

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