We remember, during his visit to the Papeete Hospital Center in Polynesia on July 25, Emmanuel Macron recalled that the "virus does not give in to demonstrations" and being very severe against antivax.
In the wake of these statements, the President responded to Paris Match, and he hit the nail on the head in an interview to be released this Thursday.
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He severely judges these "a few tens of thousands of citizens losing their meaning, such that they can say that we are living in a dictatorship".
"I will not give in to their radical violence," he told the weekly.
I consider that the very existence of democracies is at stake.
Their attitude is a threat to democracy.
They confuse everything.
I invite them to watch the same demonstrations in countries that are no longer the rule of law.
I think they create a permanent disorder, because they dispute the existence of the republican order, but I will not give in anything.
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"And are we talking about dictatorship?
Finally, let's be serious ”
While demonstrations against the health pass often use the word "freedom" in processions, Emmanuel Macron has also responded to criticism of a France that has become a dictatorship.
“We have never suspended parliamentary life, and all restrictive measures have been passed by law.
We are the only country that has had so much parliamentary scrutiny during the crisis.
We are the only country in Europe whose ministers are called before the judge in times of crisis.
And are we talking about dictatorship?
The government responds to parliamentary commissions of inquiry, to the Court of Justice of the Republic, to magistrates.
Epidemiological data are public and daily.
Finally, let's be serious!
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Demonstration against the health pass: tens of thousands of people again in the streets of France
No regrets either for the President of the Republic since his arrival at the Elysee Palace in 2017: “I do not have a temperament to have regrets, he blurted out. I try to do my duty and be useful at all times. With the experience gained, there are things I would do differently. We live by our mistakes. I did, like everyone. "
Paris Match questioned him about his possible candidacy for the presidential election of 2022, which did not undermine the taking of "hard decisions", such as the compulsory vaccination of caregivers and the extension of the health pass, which could prevent him from to be candidate. Other difficult decisions could come, and the president to question the acceptance of the country with a new containment with a variant resistant to the vaccine. There is also the financial and economic context. “Things can turn around very quickly. If so, some quick and perhaps difficult decisions will have to be made. I will do it without thinking about my own agenda. No clear announcement, therefore, but Emmanuel Macron judges that the next presidential election could take place with a virus still present.