A French Soccer Star Faces Off Against a Surging Foe: The Far Right

The New York Times | May 18, 2026, 12:01 a.m. | Original
Kylian Mbappé, the captain of France’s national team, set off a storm a month before the World Cup by suggesting that the National Rally party was a threat to France.
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