France speaks out about Macron's "suspicious little bag"

The item that French President Emmanuel Macron hid in his pocket when reporters appeared during his trip to Kiev was a napkin, the French newspaper Libération reports .

As the article notes, speculation that Macron was holding a bag of the banned substance arose due to blurry footage, but high-quality images show the president stuffing a crumpled paper handkerchief into his pocket.

In addition, according to the publication, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was trying to remove not a “small spoon,” but a coffee stirrer or a toothpick.

Earlier, a video from a train compartment during the European leaders' trip to Kiev appeared online, showing Macron, upon seeing the cameras, quickly removing a suspicious packet of white substance from the table, while Merz grabbed a "small shovel."