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A VERY FRENCH FUTURE

WITHOUT HESITATION Claude Atcher says “yes” when asked if the ‘legacy’ of the 2007 World Cup in France did not deliver.

“We were not prepared,” the France 2023 CEO tells us. “Today the structure of our society is totally different. We have different communities

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