Authorities in France and Germany have responded to viral images pushing what has been described a conspiracy theory that Emmanuel Macron was seen with cocaine. Macron went to Kyiv by train with U.K.

Claims that Emmanuel Macron was captured hiding a supposed bag of cocaine are being promoted by pro-Russian social media accounts.

French President Emmanuel Macron denounced claims Sunday of European leaders taking drugs together on a train to Ukraine based on a photograph of a tissue. “When European unity becomes inconvenient, disinformation goes so far as to make a simple tissue look like drugs,