Ex-Spanish PM's racist remarks on French football team spark outrage

In Spain, former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is facing a wave of criticism after claiming that France's national football team had, in his words, "no French players." France 24 reports that the backlash reached the top of Spain's government, with current Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez among those condemning the remark, and that the outrage spilled across the border into France as well.

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