A graphic claiming Emmanuel Macron said England disrespected democratic rights and believed it was entitled to others’ wealth, is fake.
What was claimed
President of France Emmanuel Macron once said that England was “fearful of losing Scotland” and called England an oppressive, murderous, cruel nation that disrespected others’ democratic rights and believed it had “a right and entitlement to others' wealth and resources”.appears to show a quote from the President of France Emmanuel Macron describing England as an “oppressive”, “murderous” and “cruel” nation. But there is no evidence he ever said this.
The full quote falsely attributed to Mr Macron reads: “England is extremely fearful of 'losing' Scotland, hence the reason for their irrationality, and their lashing out at other nations who share Scotland's plight in that England removed Scotland from the EU against its democratic will. England is an oppressive nation. A predator nation. A breaker of rules. A breaker of Treaties. A breaker of Peoples and nations. A murderous nation. A cruel nation.
after the same graphic was shared then deleted by one of its local branches on Facebook. Liberal Democrat and Conservative MSPs both remarked to the Scottish Daily Express that the quote was clearly fake. A Labour spokesperson also condemned the sharing of the fake quote. The leader of France saying England was a “murderous”, “predator” or “cruel” nation would presumably have made headlines here and across the channel, but we could find no evidence that Mr Macron has publicly said anything along those lines since he became president or before.
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