President Macron mocks NBA for using medieval map of France at All-Star Game
The NBA, very careful with the packaging of its products, had some slips during the presentation of international players at the All-Star.The erroneousmap of France that was shown when Victor Wembanyama, one of the most media-savvy players in the world and therefore one of the great figures of the event, was announced. Even the President of the French Republic joked about it on social networks.When the Spurs' French giant was introduced, the screens at the spectacular Intuir Dome in Los Angeles projected a map of France where the regions of Alsace and Lorraine were missing but a part of northern Spain, especially Catalonia, was integrated. It dated from the time of the Capetians, the dynasty that reigned between the 10th and 14th centuries."I want to reassure our neighbors: we did not provide the map," said President Macron, who was delighted […]
