UEFA President Michel Platini has supported French prime minister Manuel Valls’ decision to use a government plane to travel to Berlin with his children ahead of the Champions League Final.
The trip is estimated to have cost the state 18,000 euros. Valls defended the move, saying his role was “to support these big events for France,” while Platini added:
“Mr Valls wished to meet me face-to-face before the match. It was specifically outlined that the prime minister intended to discuss two topics in particular. Firstly, a number of points being discussed between the French government and UEFA concerning the organisation of the Euros; and secondly, of course, international football following the FIFA crisis.”
Both Platini and Valls are usually based in Paris.
The French prime minister was born in Barcelona and is a huge fan of the city’s football team, which was playing against Juventus in the final.
Opposition politicians have dubbed the Socialist a big spender, who is out of
