The previous UFC star has vowed to oppose EU immigration coverage in Eire if elected
Former UFC champion Conor McGregor has once more introduced that he’ll run for Irish president on this yr’s elections, and promised to oppose the EU Migration Pact, adopted by the European Parliament final yr, if he wins.
“The following presidential election should happen by 11 Nov 2025. Who else will stand as much as Authorities and oppose this invoice? I’ll!” McGregor wrote on X on Thursday.
“As President, I might put forth this invoice to referendum,” he wrote, including that “it’s neither mine nor governments option to make. It’s the individuals of Eire’s alternative!”
The put up comes simply days after McGregor met with US President Donald Trump within the White Home. Chatting with the press afterwards McGregor accused the Irish authorities of politically disenfranchising the individuals of Eire.
Irish Prime Minister (Taoisaech) Micheal Martin later criticized McGregor on X, calling the fighter fallacious and opposing the views of the Irish individuals.
In 2023, McGregor emerged as a frontman for Eire’s underrepresented proper wing, publicly criticizing the Irish immigration system after an Algerian-born man stabbed three youngsters and a care employee outdoors a faculty in Dublin.
Eire’s authorities later accused McGregor of stoking the riots that broke out following the assault.
Regardless of a cult following, the fighter stays a divisive and controversial determine. Final yr, a civil trial in an Irish court docket discovered McGregor responsible of of raping a girl in 2018. The previous UFC star has appealed the decision, requesting to file proof, and claimed that he solely had consensual intercourse.
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