{"id":1375705,"date":"2022-03-14T11:08:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T15:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1375705"},"modified":"2022-03-14T11:08:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T15:08:24","slug":"fact-check-do-these-photos-show-emmanuel-macron-after-a-phone-call-with-vladimir-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-do-these-photos-show-emmanuel-macron-after-a-phone-call-with-vladimir-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Do These Photos Show Emmanuel Macron After A Phone Call With Vladimir Putin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-do-these-photos-show-emmanuel-macron-after-a-phone-call-with-vladimir-putin%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1375705&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/R2fdW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows images of French President Emmanuel Macron after a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The photos were taken on three separate occasions. There is no evidence to suggest they show Macron after a call with Putin.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Macron had a March 3 phone call with Putin that left him convinced Russia intends to invade all of Ukraine, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/03\/world\/europe\/putin-macron-call.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>. Macron has received praise for his diplomatic efforts to end the current conflict in Ukraine, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2022-03-12\/france-macron-russia-putin-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Times<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/R2fdW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">set<\/a> of images shared on Facebook appears to show Macron in his office visibly distressed. \u201cThe \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace released images of French President Macron after his call with Putin, regarding the invasion of Ukraine,\u201d the post\u2019s caption claims.<\/p>\n<p>However, all three images were taken on different occasions and two of them were taken prior to the Feb. 24 Russian invasion of Ukraine. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/12\/06\/fact-check-video-emmanuel-brigitte-macron-dancing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Video Show Emmanuel Macron As A Child Dancing With His Now-Wife?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pictures were taken by Soazig de la Moissonni\u00e8re, Macron\u2019s official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soazigdelamoissonniere.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photographer<\/a>, and can be found on her Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/soazigdelamoissonniere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">page<\/a>. The first picture was taken on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CZznyqhg4sS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Feb. 9<\/a> with a French-language caption that translates to, \u201cGreen room \u2013 End of meeting and almost end of day.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CZznyqhg4sS\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>The other two photos were taken on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CaK239fL4ET\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Feb. 18<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CauJ_GCLjq6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mar. 4<\/a> respectively. Both were taken in the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elysee.fr\/en\/french-presidency\/golden-room\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Golden room<\/a>\u201d while Macron was on international phone calls, according to their captions.<\/p>\n<p>Macron\u2019s Feb. 18 call involved multiple world leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and President of the European Council Charles Michel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/cps\/en\/natohq\/news_192243.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NATO<\/a> reports. The group discussed Russia\u2019s military buildup around Ukraine at the time, according to the organization\u2019s readout. Macron spoke with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson March 4 to discuss the war in Ukraine, according to a U.K. government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/pm-call-with-president-macron-4-march-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence to suggest the photos show Macron after speaking with Putin. There are no credible news reports to suggest the two presidents spoke on any of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elysee.fr\/en\/diary-march-2022\">three<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elysee.fr\/en\/diary-march-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">days<\/a> the photos featured in the Facebook post were taken. The two leaders did speak by phone on Feb. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/americas\/20220203-biden-macron-pledge-to-work-together-in-response-to-russia-on-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1406365?utm_source=google.com&#038;utm_medium=organic&#038;utm_campaign=google.com&#038;utm_referrer=google.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/putin-speaks-macron-explains-russian-actions-ukraine-kremlin-2022-02-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">24<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/macron-demands-russia-stop-offensive-says-putin-agrees-halt-strikes-civilians-2022-02-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">28<\/a> and March <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/putin-tells-macron-russia-will-achieve-its-goals-ukraine-2022-03-03\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/french-official-macron-urged-putin-end-military-operations-protect-ukraine-2022-03-06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6<\/a>, according to reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook purportedly shows images of French President Emmanuel Macron after a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Verdict: False The photos were taken on three separate occasions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1375705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1375705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1375705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1375705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1375705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}