Did Macron, Merz and Starmer have a coke on the way to Kyiv?

France has rumors about an alleged cocaine bag from head of state Emmanuel Macron On the train on the way to Kyiv, rejected. « This is a handkerchief. To sneak up, » wrote the Élysée Palace on the platform X and showed a close-up of the white object. « When European unity disturbs, disinformation goes so far to spend a simple handkerchief as a drug. This false information is spread by the inner and outer enemies of France. »

Macron was together with the German Chancellor on Friday evening Friedrich Merz and traveled to Ukraine the British Prime Minister Keir Strandmer. The rumor was then spread online that Macron had taken a bag of coke from the table in his allocation part – as a journalist for an image date – to hide them. Merz is said to have said to have hidden a spoon to consume cocaine.

To do this, users shared a video of low quality. It can be seen on high -resolution recordings that the object in front of Merz is a stirring stick for a drink or a small spit for snacks, but not a spoon.

« Caution of manipulation, » warned the Élysée Palace on the platform X. The rumor was spread, among other things, on a website that is very similar in the presentation of a page identified by France as part of the Russian propaganda network. The allegations were also made by the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Sacharova, picked up and spread.