France as target of criticism: Some weirdness in Olympic Games

By Farman Aydin, AZERNEWS

Theft, religious and ethnic racism, poor quality of service to athletes, and more... all these criticisms became the main headlines of stories about the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Let's start with Baku first.

An unpleasant incident that occurred last day, during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris, caused outrage in Baku after the French television channel France 2 made provocative remarks about Azerbaijani athletes. Comments by a French commentator targeting Azerbaijan's territorial integrity during the Armenian team's appearance was a stark provocation against Azerbaijan. The fact that France has turned the Olympic Games and traditional sports into political targets has not escaped the audience's attention. Undoubtedly, official Baku will complain about this to the International Olympic Committee, but it is not convincing that France will draw any conclusions from its bias.

Another reason for this was, for example, the weirdness experienced at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. The world media is currently talking about the music presented or more frankly, the scene that insults Christendom at the opening ceremony.

Let us look at what social media writes about this embarrassment.

Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini believes that the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris was not properly organized.

He wrote about it on the "X".

"Opening the Olympics by insulting billions of Christians in the world was a terrible start, dear French. Pity," he said in his tweet.

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