France Throws Hypocritical Hissy Fit over Russian Satirical Cartoon
France has thrown a hypocritical hissy fit over a satirical cartoon, ”L’Europe en 2022.” So exceptionally exquisite are the decent sensibilities of the French Foreign Ministry, that the Office summoned Russia’s ambassador to France, to whine that the tweeted caricature was “unacceptable,” in its reputed mockery of Europe.
With the exception of Reuters — self-appointed keeper of the sacred scrolls of fact-checking — only a handful of minor NATO-affiliated publications, including one from NATO Turkey, and one each from Gulfie-NATO monarchies reported on the hissy fit. Neither France Diplomatie — the French Ministry that did the summoning — nor Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian have bothered to tweet about it, as of this writing. Apparently sending a statement that the wire service did not share, was sufficient to assuage those fine sensibilities apparently mocked by Russia.
Per Reuters, France’s European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune described the cartoon as a “disgrace,” apparently particularly painful once given that “We [France] are trying to maintain a demanding channel of dialogue with Russia and these actions are completely inappropriate,” according to the Reuters report.