The French leader criticized Owens in his first public comments since filing a defamation suit in Delaware last month.

In the first interview since filing the lawsuit, Macron told Paris Match that he feels the spread of false information across the U.S. is out of control. “This has become so widespread in the United States that we had to react,” he said in French. “It’s a question of having the truth respected.”

French President Emmanuel Macron was adamant in an interview with a French magazine about the defamation lawsuit he and his wife Brigitte Macron filed against far-right podcaster Candace Owens for her repeated claims that the First Lady of France was secretly born male,

During the talks, Macron shared his assessment of recent meetings held between the leaders of Europe, the US, and Ukraine in Washington. He later told the media that he and Modi had coordinated their positions on the war in Ukraine.

The conversation came days after US President Donald Trump met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington following his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

PM Narendra Modi, French President Macron hold talks, discuss 'peaceful resolution of conflicts in Ukraine, West Asia'

This has become so widespread in the United States that we had to react,’ the French president says in his first public remarks about the case

French President Emmanuel Macron has issued a stark warning, stating the next 15 days are “absolutely critical” for defining the security guarantees offered to Ukraine. -Following a high-level summit in Washington with President Trump and other European leaders,