Using his harshest language yet about the unvaccinated — the French word he used is more vulgar — the French president, said he would not “throw them in prison” or “vaccinate them by force.” But he made it clear he meant to make their lives harder.
More than 77 percent of French people, and 92 percent of those 12 and older, have received at least two doses of the Covid vaccine. It is an unexpected feat in a country that was one of the most suspicious of vaccines just a year ago. There is anger at a minority who refuse to be vaccinated and disproportionately occupy hospital beds, and Macron appears to be tapping into a political vein before an election in April.
The president was also reacting to moves this week by opposition lawmakers to delay the passage in Parliament of a bill that would make it possible to obtain France’s health pass only through vaccination and no longer with a negative Covid test.
New York Times