Former Spanish PM’s racist comment about French team sparks backlash

Former Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy made racist remarks about the French men's football team, describing it as 'without Frenchmen' due to players' African origins, sparking backlash from French and Spanish left-wing parties. French communist leader Fabien Roussel and centrist MP Pierre-Alexandre Anglade condemned Rajoy's comments as racist insults. Similar racist statements about the French team were previously made by an Argentine deputy governor and a Paraguayan senator, including slurs against Kylian Mbappé.