The pension reform will pass in France following the use of article 49.3 of the Constitution. The French people have taken to the streets for a few days to express their dissatisfaction with this decision of the presidential camp.
Images of “chaos” where we see charred garbage cans, torn panels or even ransacked shop windows go around the world. The Russian media have not overlooked these facts and relay the subject from top to bottom, sometimes even adding false information to highlight a France on the edge of the abyss.
No “retirement” for “reforms”, claims Véran
On March 24, Rossia 24Russian continuous news media assured in a report that “employees of the energy sector have cut off the electricity of the police stations of Paris… The surveillance camera system has stopped working“, erroneous information. On Telegram, many photos circulate where you can see streets on fire, abandoned garbage cans and even rats wandering around the French capital. Images of confrontations between demonstrators and the forces of order are also widely publicized and commented on, in particular by the spokesperson for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharova. “And when will Macron start delivering weapons to French citizens to support democracy and the sovereignty of the country?“, she writes on Telegram. A reference to the military aid provided by France to Ukraine.
Denys Kolesnyk, specialist in Central and Eastern Europe explains on LCI that this exaggeration of these images on the Russian side and the addition of false information serve to maintain the image of “the decadent West“. “It is a policy that aims to show the Russian population that things are not going well for others.“, he concludes.