“We can be moved by forms of expression that seem familiar that I fully assume“. This is what Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, in reference to his controversial remarks made last Tuesday during an interview published in Le Parisien. The head of state expressed his desire”to piss off“the unvaccinated”until the end“. During a press conference at the Elysee Palace with Ursula Von Der Leyen the president of the European Commission, the head of state accused some of the anti-vaccines of”their freedom, which becomes irresponsibility, a slogan“.
“They not only endanger the lives of others but they restrict the freedom of others and that I cannot accept“, he insisted.”And I cannot allow debates to flourish in our country which would consist of saying: ‘let’s not treat them’ (because of the choices they made, editor’s note). No. And I said it too very clearly“, added the Head of State, returning to the context of the interview where he was responding to two caregivers angry with the unvaccinated.
“Vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate”
Also assuming his “strategy that is simple: vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate“, Emmanuel Macron explained that”it’s a completely European movement that puts restrictions on people who are not vaccinated“.”I say it with a lot of will and force: we must do it for all of our compatriots who make the effort to be vaccinated and who, through the irresponsibility of certain others who, sometimes through assumed choices, are contaminated“, he argued.
“And we must do it also for our compatriots who sometimes allow themselves to be taken by obscurantist speeches, by speeches of fear: they do not protect themselves while science, research and European technological and productive excellence allow them“, he added. “It was my responsibility to sound the alarm a bit, that’s what I did this week, so things could move even faster.“, concluded the Head of State.
Supporting the French Head of State, Ursula Von Der Leyen considered that “the vaccination pass is an instrument to protect the vaccinated“. For her, “this discussion of responsibility and freedom is very important in our society during a pandemic“.