Vaccine pass: Emmanuel Macron’s words create tensions within the National Assembly

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Emmanuel Macron no longer hides his discontent. In an interview, he made it clear that he “wanted to piss off” the unvaccinated. These remarks rekindled tensions within the Assembly which had to suspend the debates on the vaccination pass.

The Prime Minister, Jean Castex, is decidedly on all political fronts. And this, whether in the National Assembly or in the Senate, after the shocking remarks of the President of the Republic against unvaccinated people.It’s not insulting anyone, it’s reality“, defended Jean Castex. Tuesday January 4, during an interview for Le Parisien, Emmanuel Macron said want to piss off the unvaccinated considering them as “irresponsible.

Since then, the debates are more than tense within the hemicycle, leading to repeated suspensions in full examination of the vaccination pass. The opposition lambasted the president.It’s not one more slip, it’s one too many outrage“, Bruno got carried away Retailleau, president of the group The Republicans. Others demand an apology for the remarks made by Emmanuel Macron. Three weeks ago, the president regretted some of his sentences “hurtful“. The French them, remain divided on these remarks.

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