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The Video of President Macron Being Hit With an Egg is Old

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19th April 2023
The Video of President Macron Being Hit With an Egg is Old
The incident is older than claimed (Twitter)

The Claim

A recent video shows French President Emmanuel Macron being “stabbed in the forehead with an egg.”

Emerging story

Social media users widely circulated a recent video purporting to show French President Emmanuel Macron being stabbed in the forehead with an egg.

The video went viral and gathered hundreds of thousands of views online.

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Misbar’s Analysis

Misbar investigated the viral video and found the claim to be misleading.

After conducting a thorough reverse image search, Misbar’s team found the video to be outdated.

Macron’s Video Dates Back to 2017

Contrary to the viral claim, the video was not shot recently.

The footage dates back to March 2017, during Emmanuel Macron’s attendance at the Salon International de l'Agriculture 2017 in Paris.

On March 2, 2017, the same video was uploaded to YouTube by a channel called "photcube."

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Photo description: (A screenshot of the original video from YouTube)

The video’s caption reads, "Unknown threw eggs at the French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron hitting policy on the forehead."

Express, a U.K. media outlet, also published the same scene from another angle in a report on March 1, 2017.

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Photo description: (A screenshot from Express media outlet)

Emmanuel Macron Egged at Agricultural Show in 2017

During the 2017 Salon International de l'Agriculture in Paris, Emmanuel Macron, who was France's former economy minister and a party member of En Marche, was targeted with an egg by an unknown person. 

Despite security staff rushing to protect him, Macron was already covered in yolk. This incident shocked the crowd, and Macron had to duck down while guards searched for theDespite security staff rushing to protect him, Macron was already covered in yolk. This incident shocked the crowd, and Macron had to duck down while guards searched for the attacker. At the time, Macron was considered a frontrunner in the presidential race to succeed President Hollande.

Recent Protests Against France’s Macron

France has been grappling with widespread strikes and protests for several months in response to the government's controversial pension reform efforts. 

These strikes have caused disruptions and brought the country to a standstill at times, while the protests have frequently escalated into violence.

Recently, the French Constitutional Council gave the green light to a retirement reform bill, which was promptly enacted by President Emmanuel Macron.

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Misbar’s Classification

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