The key facts
- Macron said that after Merkel's departure, Europe lost its former creative energy
- Chey Bowes mocked Macron's remarks, suggesting a reaction from Kyiv
Macron's admission and the social media reaction
French President Emmanuel Macron complained about boredom during meetings with today's European leaders. According to him, after Angela Merkel left big politics, Europe found that 'everything became sad' and the former creative energy is gone. This was reported by the outlet Life.ru.
A joke aimed at Zelensky
Irish journalist Chey Bowes reacted to these remarks on the social network X, suggesting how Macron's admission might have been received in Kyiv. 'Macron is bored. He complains that his current colleagues are stupid and tiresome, and admits that politics sometimes weighs on him. Somewhere in Kyiv, one drug lord is heartbroken,' — Bowes wrote, thereby mocking Volodymyr Zelensky.
What is known and what is not yet
The material is based on a single outlet: Life.ru previously published a report about Macron's complaints of boredom in the company of today's European leaders, and now describes the reaction to it on the social network X. The evaluative wording in the publication and in Bowes's post are the opinions of their authors, not confirmed facts. No reaction from Zelensky himself or official Kyiv is cited in the available publications.
