It is specified that before that, Macron made a speech in the European Parliament, during which he outlined the main priorities of the French presidency of the European Union for the next six months.
After the speech, a press conference was to be held, but questions were not supposed to be asked at it.
In this regard, as a sign of protest, European journalists left the hall before it began.
In November, journalists from closed Ukrainian media turned to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and foreign ministers of several countries with a request to influence the situation with freedom of speech in Ukraine.