A shower of indignant reactions.
By declaring Tuesday evening January 4 in an interview with
Le Parisien
that he
"very much wanted
to piss off"
the unvaccinated
"until the end"
, Emmanuel Macron caused a real uproar in the political class.
Yesterday evening, the debates in the National Assembly on the bill to introduce the vaccine pass came to an end, suspended after the remarks made by the President of the Republic.
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During this stormy session interrupted at night, parliamentarians of all stripes castigated the statements of the Head of State.
The boss of LR deputies, Damien Abad, regretted remarks
"unworthy, irresponsible and premeditated"
which fall under
"childish cynicism".
Ugo Bernalicis, LFI deputy, estimated that France was now in a
"political crisis triggered by the presidential monarch, who allows himself to insult part of the French".
"A president can not keep the words that have been made"
, meanwhile launched Christian Jacob, president of the Republicans.
"I cannot support a text that aims to piss off the French
," he added.
All oppositions wind up against the president
On LCP, Marine Le Pen denounced statements "
of absolutely unheard-of vulgarity and violence, unheard of
." According to her, her policy aims "to
set up a kind of war against a part of the French who have not violated any law
". “
He is the guarantor of national cohesion and he has forgotten that. By doing this, he is committing a political fault and a moral fault
, ”said the candidate of the National Rally in the presidential election. For his part, Eric Zemmour, also reacted strongly. “
This is not just the cynical statement of a politician who wants to exist in the presidential campaign. It is the admitted, accepted cruelty that parades in front of despised French people
, ”he considers.
An opinion shared by Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
On Twitter, the LFI candidate denounced a "
staggering admission
" from the President of the Republic.
"
It is clear, the vaccination pass is a collective punishment against individual freedom
," he said.
The Communist candidate, Fabien Roussel, for his part denounced "
an unworthy and irresponsible statement
".
“
When we have to convince, bring together, we do not insult.
Seven million French people live in medical deserts and are far from care, such as vaccines.
Does he fuck them too?
“Asked the deputy from the North.
The majority behind the president
For their part, the executives of the majority defended the words of the President of the Republic. On FranceInfo, Christophe Castaner estimated that the French “
needed this franchise
”. “
The president's words provide clarity and we need it at this difficult time for the country. Basically, he carries a word that many French people share
, ”said the boss of the LREM group to the National Assembly. If he understands that these words "
detonate
", he considers that the controversy arising from this interview is "
sterile
".
"What we are talking about is a reference to Pompidou's formula: 'We must stop pissing off the French.'
It is this formula that the President of the Republic has declined.
The sentence did not shock anyone in the mouth of Pompidou, ”
he adds.
On France 2, this Wednesday, Édouard Philippe also returned to the declaration of the President of the Republic.
According to him, if the president expressed himself "
in a familiar way
", "
everyone understood what he meant
".
"
The question behind which is more interesting than the controversy and which will prosper in the long term, is that of compulsory vaccination
", ruled the former Prime Minister.