After three days of fierce debates fueled by controversial remarks by President Macron, the French National Assembly approved a bill early Thursday (Jan. 6) morning that would transform the country’s COVID-19 health pass into a stricter “vaccine pass.”
The bill passed with 214 votes against 93, and 27 abstentions. It still needs to pass in the Senate, which is due to review it early next week. Macron’s government wants the new rules to take effect on January 15.
⛔ French assembly in uproar following Macron's threats to the unjabbed.
— Gerard Delaney (@Gerard39delaney) January 6, 2022
Get him out! pic.twitter.com/rFktbcwJYY
Under the bill, people over 12 years of age will be required to prove their COVID-19 vaccination status to access restaurants and bars, cultural venues, or interregional public transport. A negative SARS-CoV-2 test will no longer be sufficient, except for access to health services.
The bill’s passage came amid a storm of controversy after Macron said Tuesday (Jan. 4) that his COVID-19 strategy was to “piss off” the unvaccinated.
President Emmanuel Macron of France said Wednesday that he wanted to anger millions of his citizens who refuse to get vaccinated by squeezing them out of the country’s public spaces. https://t.co/yFBJ41tozj
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 5, 2022
Following Macron, Trudeau blames lockdowns and missed surgeries on the unvaccinated: “When people see that we’re in lockdowns or serious public health restrictions right now because of the risk posed to all of us by unvaccinated people, people get angry.”pic.twitter.com/W0H1cAqKeh
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) January 5, 2022
A petition for the removal of the French president, you can sign from anywhere in the World