Macron's office rejects viral video with the urge of wife Brigitte

Macron's office rejects viral video with the urge of wife Brigitte

Paris-The office of Emmanuel Macron reacts to distract the attention from a viral video. In this clip you can see how his wife Brigitte gently pushes his face away when he got out of the plane in Vietnam, the first stop of a Southeast Asia tour.

The controversy about the video

The short video shows the door of the aircraft that opens and Macron, which is in the entrance. In a matter of seconds, Brigitte Macron's two hands can be seen, which apparently easily press against the President's face, which looks like a sudden sliding. Macron looks surprised at first, but quickly takes place and waves the waiting press.

reaction of the Élysée-Palast

When the couple goes down the stairs, Macron Brigitte offers his arm, which she does not take but holds herself on the railing instead. The Élysée Palace initially rejected the incident on the plane before it later played down its meaning. According to a source from the Élysée, it was only a "moment of togetherness".

Explanation of the Élysée-Palast

"It was a moment when the president and his wife wanted to relax one last time and to play up playfully," explained the source to CNN. "It no longer needed to feed the mills of the conspiracy theorists," she added, noticing that pro-Russian trolls quickly tried to convert the moment to scandalous discussions.

Macron's commitment to Ukraine

Macron is at the forefront of the efforts to agree a coordinated European answer to defend Ukraine according to Russia's extensive invasion in 2022. The incident in Hanoi happens at a time when Macron is again the subject of online fehlin information.

false news about drug use

Early the month of the month, the Élysée rejected a viral claim as a "fake news", which was reinforced by Kremlin officials. The latter said that the French President consumed drugs during a train trip to Kiev, together with the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and the British Prime Minister Keir Strandmer. The rumor, which is due to pro-Russian accounts, incorrectly spread the claim that a crumpled cloth that Macron picked up was a drug bag.

opinion of the Élysée

The Élysée published a with the lettering: "This is a handkerchief. is uncomfortable, disinformation turns into a simple handkerchief that looks like drugs. "