In France, with a population of 67 million, about 5 million people have not been vaccinated against the corona virus. The president wants to restrict the daily life of unvaccinated people, including by denying them access to restaurants, theaters and cinemas. ,,The unvaccinated, I really want to bully them. We will keep doing that until the end. That is the strategy,” said Macron, who also strongly criticizes antivaxers: “An irresponsible person is no longer a citizen.”
Macron’s political rivals reacted irritated to the interview. Marine Le Pen of the right-wing Rassemblement National accused the president of “second-class citizens; to create, and to be ‘unworthy’ of his office. “It is a political mistake, but also a serious moral mistake,” she said. The far-left Jean-Luc Mélenchon spoke of “disgusting” statements and Damien Abad of Les Républicains said the president displayed “childish cynicism”.
According to the Minister of Health, Olivier Veran, the interview mainly shows Marco’s ‘intention to protect the people’.
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However, the debate in parliament on the legislation is difficult and has been shut down on several occasions. The debate continues this afternoon.
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France registered no fewer than 271,686 infections in the past 24 hours. The rapid spread of the omikron variant has a major impact on hospital staff and threatens to seriously disrupt public transport and schools, among other things. There are now more than 20,000 people with Covid-19 in hospital.
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