A video featuring Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron has been shared on Russian and Georgian language Facebook accounts. The footage appears to show the President of France and the First Lady disembarking from an airplane. However, when a wider shot appears, it becomes clear that the plane has no wings, and its middle section is held up by structures on both sides. According to the accompanying descriptions, this is supposedly how fake visits are staged, implying that in reality, the leaders do not attend such meetings at all.
The video of Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron is fabricated and promotes a conspiracy theory suggesting that international visits are staged and that world leaders do not actually attend meetings. The authentic version of the video was recorded on April 23, when Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron arrived in Madagascar for an official visit. Multiple shots confirming the visit were published by AFP and other media outlets.
On April 23, French President Emmanuel Macron, along with the First Lady, arrived in Madagascar. The video confirming the visit was published by AFP. Later, the footage released by AFP was digitally manipulated to make it look like the aircraft had support structures on both sides instead of wings.
Footage of Macron’s visit to Antananarivo was also shared by Madagascar’s media. The video by Real TV Madagasikara shows the airplane landing, followed by the French President and First Lady disembarking.
France 24 reported that this is the first official visit by a French president to Madagascar in the past twenty years. Although disputes from the colonial era continue, the visit aims to strengthen bilateral ties and reinforce France’s strategic position in the Indian Ocean.
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The disinformation spread by the Facebook account Shavleg Toxaisdze has previously been fact-checked by Myth Detector.
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