The UFC superstar Conor McGregor announced Thursday that it will apply for the next elections in Ireland. The statement has arrived after the fighter met just three days ago with Donald Trump in the White House. «Ireland, the decision is yours and is easy. Vótame as your president and we will save Ireland together, ”McGregor wrote on his social networks.
McGregor thus takes a leaping step to enter the policy of his country with a main reason: adhere to the European Union Migration Pact before June 12, 2026 to “save Ireland.” The athlete has served an image with one of his children in front of his private jet and with a Trump -style cap with the phrase ‘Make Irland Great Again’ to expose his main objectives if he manages to become the prime minister of Ireland.
McGregor had already suggested in the past that he could try to appear to the elections, however, he would face a great obstacle to get his name to appear on the ballot, since a candidate must be proposed by at least 20 of the 234 members of the low and high cameras of Parliament or for four of the 31 local councils of the country. Very few Irish politicians elected share the firm anti -immigrant opinions of McGregor and many publicly criticized him after the civil case last November.
The Irish Mixed Martial Arts fighter took advantage of his visit in the United States to criticize immigration policies, which caused to receive a reprimand from the country’s prime minister, Micheál Martin, who condemned his comments and recriminated his attitude because he did not represent any political position: “The comments of Conor McGregor are wrong and do not reflect the spirit or opinions of the people of the people,” he said. Social Martin, whose coalition government was re -elected last November.
«Between today and June 12, 2026 several legislative policies must be approved by both chambers and then signed by the president. The next presidential elections must take place on November 11, 2025. Who else will face the government and will oppose this bill? Any other presidential candidate tried to propose will not offer them resistance. I will! ”McGregor said in his statement. In addition, he has claimed that he will submit the bill on the migratory pact to a referendum.
Asylum application record
Ireland, a country that has long been proud to be cozy with immigrants, has had problems to accommodate a number record of asylum applicants in the last two years. This has caused the focus of the political agenda to focus on immigration policies, unleashing some protests against refugee accommodation throughout the country. McGregor’s comments occurred at a time when Trump has launched a hard hand policy to end illegal immigration.
McGregor, who does not compete in the UFC since the leg was broken in a fight in 2021, was declared civilly responsible by an Irish court last year to attack a woman at a party in Dublin in 2018 and convicted of paying almost 250,000 euros for damages.
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