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No fan zones or giant screens: the cities of Marseille, Bordeaux and Nancy will not broadcast the World Cup matches in Qatar (November 20-December 18), the three municipalities announced Monday, October 3, such as Strasbourg, Lille or Rodez previously. Among the reasons for this boycott include the treatment of immigrant workers and the number of deaths in the construction of the eight stadiums of the World Cup. ” This competition has gradually turned into a human and environmental disaster, incompatible with the values that we want to see carried through sport and especially football. “Explained the municipality of Marseille, led by the socialist Benoît Payan at the head of a broad coalition of left and ecologist. Apart from the question of human rights, Pierre Hurmic, mayor of Bordeaux, refused to be “ incoherent ” in relation to the efforts requested of the population in terms of “ of energy sobriety ». « You cannot call your fellow citizens to sobriety and yourself be complicit in energy aberration of this nature. he said, adding that “ those who awarded the 2010 World Cup to Qatar were light years away from energy sobriety ».