French President Emmanuel Macron has always supported esports to the point of wanting them strongly in the Olympics to be held in 2024. Yesterday he expressed all his pride in French e-sports (and the staff behind them).
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“Par votre engagement et vos victoires”. Thus opens the message addressed to the eSporting community of France. The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, at 9:46 yesterday expressed words of pride to all those figures who have made their way into a reality that sees video games as an evil, rather than as a pastime that can also be constructive and competitive.
Nello specifico, il cinguettio dell’inquilino dell’Eliseo ha recitato: “Through your commitment and your victories, you have made France a great esports nation. Your collective strength, you put it at the service of causes. For these reasons, I say to you the recognition of our country. Thank you. Together, let’s take esport even higher”. He tweeted with a selfie insieme a una folla di giovani.
In essence, the President thanks on behalf of the nation all those people who have committed and achieved victories that have led France to be a great nation of eSports, concluding with “together, we will take eSport even higher!”
Macron has always been a great admirer of eSports to the point of wanting them even at the Olympics (the next ones will be held in Paris in 2024: who knows?), And during the interviews in which he expressed interest in them, he did not miss the opportunity to mention the most important exponents of the esports scene, such as Team Vitality and Karmine Corp.
Why does this President get so much talked about? Because it is a historical period where a sector (the videogame one) is growing and expanding day by day, but many countries are rowing against it, pointing to it as something that can harm those who use it. To cite a few examples, how not to think about the report of a well-known national news or the sad words of the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety after the recent tragedy in which 19 children and 2 teachers of an elementary school in Uvalde died.
Therefore, we are not speaking only of our country, which we know how it can be retrograde and bigoted both in mentality and in information, but also in the New Continent, therefore also in other parts of the world. It is so difficult to understand that as a sector eSports can bring benefits to nations (events, advertising, money, etc …), or perhaps Macron is part of that narrow circle of visionary politicians who have decided to invest in something they like it or not take. ground?