Former Spanish PM accused of racism in remarks about French football team

<p>Political leaders in both countries rebuke Mariano Rajoy after he writes team ‘does not have any French players’</p><p>The former Spanish conservative prime minister Mariano Rajoy is facing growing accusations of racism after writing in a World Cup newspaper column that the French national team “does not have any French players”.</p><p>Rajoy, who was in office from 2011 to 2018, pondered Spain’s looming semi-final showdown with France in an article for the online newspaper El Debate on Friday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/12/spain-mariano-rajoy-accused-of-racism-french-football-team-world-cup">Continue reading...</a>