Is France's Macron building a luxury bunker 'in preparation for World War III'?

06/10/2025 20:57 France 24

A viral post on social media claims that French President Emmanuel Macron is spending almost €150 million in state funds on a luxury underground bunker to "shield the French elite from a looming World War III". The video claims to have solid proof coming straight from Tracfin, a service of the French finance ministry that fights money laundering. In reality, this fake news probably comes from a Russian covert influence network called Storm-1516. We take a closer look in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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