2024 - Emmanuel Macron: why did he refuse to take a PCR test before meeting Vladimir Putin?

During their tete-a-tete in Moscow on February 6, Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Poutine were seated at a good distance from each other, five meters to be exact. An arrangement due to the refusal of the French president to submit to a PCR test for Covid-19.

Last Sunday, while several elected officials met in Moscow to discuss the Ukrainian crisis, some of them, like Emmanuel Macron, were kept at a safe distance from Vladimir Putin. In fact, in the images, we can see the French head of state seated at the end of a marble table five meters long, enough to avoid any contact with the Russian president. Others, like Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, were able to approach Vladimir Putin and even shake his hand. This difference in treatment, which aroused several reactions on a possible “diplomatic message” from the Kremlin, is explained by the fact that Emmanuel Macron refused to take a PCR test before the interview, as confided by two sources close to the Elysee Palace to Reuters. The latter explain that the French president had been informed by the Russian president of the protocol to be followed and had refused to comply with it. “The Russians told us Putin had to stay in a strict health bubble“, confided one of them. “We knew very well that meant no handshake and that long table. But we could not accept that they recover the DNA of the president”revealed the second.

Vladimir Putin: his health protocol deemed “unacceptable” by the Elysée

While since the start of the health crisis, Vladimir Putin has imposed a very strict protocol on his visitors to avoid any contamination, the Elysée has judged the latter “unacceptable“.”The protocol conditions allowing a meeting between the two Heads of State with less distance (contact with handshake and smaller table, editor’s note) imposed a health protocol that did not seem acceptable to us or compatible with the constraints of the agenda“, said a spokesperson. Other international elected officials, such as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban or Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, have been kept away from Vladimir Putin during recent visits.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin receives his counterpart French President Emmanuel Macron regarding the Russian-Western crisis over Ukraine, at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, February 7, 2022. © Russian President Press Office/Tass/Bestimage

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Press conference by President Emmanuel Macron and President Vladimir Putin after their 5-hour meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on February 7, 2022. © Dominique Jacovides / Bestimage

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Press conference by President Emmanuel Macron and President Vladimir Putin after their 5-hour meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on February 7, 2022. © Dominique Jacovides / Bestimage

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Ukrainian President and President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron give a joint press conference after their meeting at the Mariyinsky Palace in Kiev, Ukraine, February 8, 2022. © Dominique Jacovides/Bestimage

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Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic – The French President during his visit to the main production site of GE Steam Power System in Belfort, France, on February 10, 2022. The President announced a vast recovery plan for civil nuclear power, with the construction of 6 to 14 new generation EPR2 reactors for 2050, and the development of offshore wind power, but a slowdown in onshore wind power. © Jacques Witt/Pool/Bestimage

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Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic – The French President during his visit to the main production site of GE Steam Power System in Belfort, France, on February 10, 2022. The President announced a vast recovery plan for civil nuclear power, with the construction of 6 to 14 new generation EPR2 reactors for 2050, and the development of offshore wind power, but a slowdown in onshore wind power. © Jacques Witt/Pool/Bestimage

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Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic and Jean-Bernard Levy, CEO of EDF – The French President during his visit to the main production site of GE Steam Power System in Belfort, France, on February 10, 2022. The President said announced a vast recovery plan for civilian nuclear power, with the construction of 6 to 14 new generation EPR2 reactors for 2050, and the development of offshore wind power, but a brake on onshore wind power. © Jacques Witt/Pool/Bestimage

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Emmanuel Macron (President of the French Republic), talks by videoconference with the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinian, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliev, and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel at the Palace of the Elysee Palace in Paris, February 4, 2022.
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