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A 2017 video from Paris was falsely shared amid the French President's visit to Egypt.
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India Today Fact Check
This video dates back to March 2017 and took place in Paris during an agricultural event.
In the midst of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, French President Emmanuel Macron embarked on a diplomatic mission to the Middle East. During his visit to Egypt, he held talks with King Abdullah of Jordan before proceeding to Cairo.
Meanwhile, a video of the French President getting struck by an egg has gone viral on social media, with many claiming that the incident occurred during his Egypt visit.
"An egg was thrown at Macron's head during his visit to Egypt,” wrote one X user ( https://twitter.com/Heroiam_
The archived version of a similar post can be found here.
India Today Fact Check found that the video dates back to 2017 and is not related to his recent Egypt visit.
Our Probe
Given the sensational nature of an egg-throwing incident involving President Macron, it is only likely that such a thing would be reported by international outlets. However, we found no such reports related to his Egypt visit. Instead, we came across two prior instances where Macron had encountered similar situations, one in 2017 and another in 2021.
In September 2021, Macron was struck by an egg in Lyon, France. Notably, at the time, he was wearing a mask amid the Covid-19 pandemic. But in the 2017 incident, he wasn’t wearing a mask and an egg hit his forehead. Photos in news reports about this incident resembled the viral clip.
According to an Express UK report dated March 1, 2017, a protester at an agricultural event in Paris lobbed an egg at the President. The egg struck him directly on the forehead during the incident. Among other news portals, this incident was also reported by ETV Telengana in March 2017.
We also found that the original was shared on the official Facebook Page of Le Petit Journal on March 1, 2017, with a French caption that translates to, “When Emmanuel Macron goes to the agricultural show."
Hence, it is evident that a 6-year-old video from Paris has been falsely shared as a recent incident in Egypt.
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