A filming of President France, Emmanuel Macron, during a Official trip generated one Wave of versions on social networks. The video, which shows it with other European leaders on a train heading to kyiv, unleashed speculations about the content of a white object that the president kept in his pocket.
The incident occurred during a trip in which the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The purpose of the trip was to express institutional support to the government of Ukrainein the context of the war conflict with Russia.
In the images, it is observed that when the other leaders arrive at the car, Macron withdraws from the table a small White object And keep it. Some accounts in X and other platforms suggested, without providing evidence, that it would be a bag with cocaine.
The hypothesis was spread especially by profiles linked to the extreme French right, as the official party account Debouut la Franceheaded by Nicolas Dupont-Aignanand also by international users such as the American Alex Jonesknown for disseminating false news.
The France government statement
Before the expansion of the rumor, the Elysium Palace He issued an official statement on Sunday night. There, he described the episode as a misinformation case: “When the European unit becomes uncomfortable, misinformation reaches the extreme of passing a simple drug handkerchief,” they said.
The statement added that “this false information is being disseminated by the enemies of Franceboth inside and outside the country. You have to be attentive against manipulation, ”and clarified that the object in question was only a handkerchief.
From the French government they also expressed themselves in social networks. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, He accused Russia to boost the false version: “They are now spreading shameless bulos. This is irresponsible and unfortunate”, He wrote in his X account.
According to Barrotboth the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharovaas the official Kirill Dmitrievlinked to negotiations between Russia and USA for the situation in Ukrainethey replicated the deceptive content.
He also intervened Ukrainian Center to Fight Disinformationwhich attributed the circulation of the video to a strategy to discredit European diplomatic actions. “This shameful incident says a lot about the current ‘level’ of the Russian diplomacywhich has long become a misinformation tool, ”said the agency.
What Emmanuel Macron’s video showed
The video and subsequent interpretations were widely spread in networks, but so far No concrete evidence was presented that supports the initial accusation. The French government reiterated that it was a manipulation based on an image without context.
Beyond the official denial, the episode re -discounted the role of digital platforms in the circulation of Information not verifiedespecially in contexts of political tension and diplomatic.
Source: Ambito
