Vaccination pass: in front of the deputies, Olivier Véran defends a bill to "press" the "indifferent"

Olivier Véran was auditioned this afternoon by the deputies of the law committee on the subject of the bill on the vaccine pass.

Initially planned for application at the end of January, this text which plans to transform the health pass into a vaccination pass is examined by the law commission at the Palais Bourbon on Wednesday.

It will then be discussed in the hemicycle of the Palais Bourbon from Monday and in the Senate from Wednesday January 5 for an entry into force scheduled for January 15.

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The hearing began with a word from Yaël Braun-Pivet, MP (LREM) for Yvelines and president of the law committee, who first condemned the threats received by the deputies before the vote on this bill.

After reading one of those letters aloud, she added: "

"

The minister then announced more than 200,000 contaminations in the past 24 hours.

A million people are currently infected and around 10% of French people are now contact cases of a person who has tested positive.

"

" declared the Minister of Health in particular.

He also said that 70% of patients currently hospitalized in Paris had not received the vaccine.

"

" he launched to the address of the unvaccinated French.

Pressing the indifferent rather than convincing the skeptics

The minister detailed what was, according to him, the typology of non-vaccinated people in France. First, the French "

", like many elderly people. For them, the most important thing is to continue information campaigns with a strong presence on the ground, according to the minister. Then, people irreducibly "

" about vaccination and for whom even the vaccination pass may not be enough, according to Olivier Véran, who regrets "

". There remains a third category, people "

" to vaccination, "

" saying to themselves "

", According to the minister.

The vaccination pass therefore aims "

".

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Given the magnitude of this fifth wave, Olivier Véran declared defending a bill "

".

He also specified that this pass will not be required "

" so as not to "

".

The LR group will not oppose the text

"

," said MP Ian Boucard on behalf of the LR parliamentary group. He nevertheless specified that the opposition will present several amendments, in particular with a view to reserving the vaccination pass for adults and to limit its introduction in time. The deputy also indicated that his group wishes to reserve the control of this pass for the police.

Olivier Véran, recalling the opposition of the social partners, also reiterated that the vaccination pass will not be required in the workplace. Regarding a "

" (adding the requirement of a negative test in addition to a complete vaccination schedule, as in Germany), the minister said that the question was legitimate but that it did not require a law and that the decision could possibly be taken at a later date.

Regarding the gauges (which will not be imposed at political meetings for the time being), the minister stressed that there was "

"In addition, after recalling that"

", Olivier Véran considered to be"

"to an amendment authorizing the organizers of these meetings who want the pass sanitary.