Qatar 2022: "We must use the World Cup as a lever for change" (Kévin Veyssière, FC Geopolitics)

"There were already problems before the World Cup. The effect has perhaps doubled with Qatar, because it is not a football country. The question is how we can support countries that do not have the sports infrastructure to host this type of event. The situation of migrant workers is much worse in Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates. We must use the World Cup as a lever to change things," said Kévin Veyssière, geopolitical analyst for the media outlet FC Geopolitics, on the occasion of the "Médias en Seine" festival held in Paris, at the headquarters of the Les Echos - Le Parisien group and at the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, on 22/11/2022.

Kévin Veyssière spoke alongside Anne-Laure Bonnet, sports journalist, and Pascal Boniface, founder and director of the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS), during a conference on the theme "How to deal with the World Cup in Qatar", moderated by Benoît Lallement, head of sports for the French daily newspaper Le Parisien.

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