They speak of
"undermining freedoms"
of
"segregation"
of
"apartheid"
, consider themselves
"second class citizens", "ostracized from society."
If, in the surveys, the health pass - complete vaccination or recent negative test - receives a majority of approvals - which varies from 58% to 76% depending on the places concerned -, many French people are annoyed, even hostile to the fact that access to public space is now conditional on the presentation of health data.
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Authorities admit they were surprised by the scale of the weekend's protests.
The Interior Ministry counted 136 rallies on Saturday, bringing together 114,000 people.
At the head of the procession, in Paris, the former number two of the National Front Florian Philippot and the sovereignist Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, but also the singer Francis Lalanne or the ex-LREM deputy
"covidosceptic"
Martine Wonner.
"No to the Nazi pass"
or even
"I am not a QR Code",
could one read on the signs.
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