Macron provokes: French President wants to annoy unvaccinated people - "shocking" statements

Created: 01/05/2022Updated: 01/05/2022, 12:27 PM

From: Bedrettin Bölükbasi

France's head of state Macron wants to downsize the group of unvaccinated people and therefore “wants to annoy them”.

The opposition heavily criticized his statements.

Paris - The omicron mutant of the deadly corona virus is currently at the center of the pandemic.

According to experts, the variant is much more contagious than Delta, for example.

The result: Rapidly increasing numbers of infections.

This effect can be seen in Europe especially in two countries - France and Great Britain.

France recently overtook Great Britain and set a new high with more than 271,000 infections within 24 hours.

In the fight against the pandemic, French President Emmanuel Macron has now noticeably tightened the tone towards unvaccinated people - and thus caused a stir.

Corona in France: Macron wants to "annoy the unvaccinated" - "Irresponsible people are not citizens"

Macron announced his intention to "annoy" unvaccinated people.

"I really want to annoy them, so we will continue to do this to the end," the newspaper

quoted him in an interview with a view of unvaccinated people.

Basically, he doesn't want to annoy the French, but the group of those who are stubborn is reduced in this way.

"I will not put you in prison, I will not force vaccinate you," said the head of state, referring to the alternative of mandatory vaccination. Instead, the government must come up with the following message to the unvaccinated: “From January 15th you can no longer go to the restaurant, you can no longer drink red wine, you can no longer drink coffee, you can no longer go to the theater, you can no longer go to the cinema. "

In a democracy, "lies and stupidity are the greatest enemies," Macron said.

In order to reduce the number of unvaccinated people, the pressure is now being increased by restricting their social activities as much as possible, stressed the French President.

He was particularly tough on the argument of the freedom of the unvaccinated: “If my freedoms threaten the freedoms of others, then I am irresponsible.

Someone who is irresponsible is not a citizen. "

The French President Emmanuel Macron caused a stir with a statement about unvaccinated people.

(Archive image) © John Thys / Pool AFP / AP / dpa

Macron's statements on the unvaccinated: Opposition criticizes head of state - Debate in the National Assembly

Macron's statements caused a lot of excitement among the opposition - violent criticism immediately followed. The extreme right-wing presidential candidate of the Rassemblement National, Marine Le Pen, called Macron unworthy of his office. Left-wing politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon described the statement as "shocking". Green candidate Yannick Jadot wrote in a vaccination appeal that Macron did not care about the people. Socialist leader Olivier Faure spoke of a statement that was not on the level of a president.

There were also debates over Macron's statement in France's National Assembly.

That is why the chamber once again interrupted its deliberations on tightening corona rules for unvaccinated people during the night.

Macron had addressed these planned rules in his remarks.

The government wants only vaccinated people to have access to restaurants, cultural sites and long-distance trains from mid-January.

It is uncertain whether the schedule can be adhered to.

After the National Assembly, the Senate, as the upper house of parliament, must also approve the law.