French football officials ask media to avoid election questions during Euro 2024

France's football federation has called for the national team's neutrality to be respected and for Les Bleus to not be politicised amid heightened uncertainty over elections back home as the side prepare to launch their Euro 2024 campaign. French President Emmanuel Macron made a shock announcement a week ago when he called snap parliamentary elections for later this month after he was trounced in the European Union vote by Marine Le Pen's far-right party.The move plunged France into political un