French MPs have passed the government’s controversial vaccine pass bill after three days of an angry stop-start debate. Ministers had hoped to introduce the controversial measure on 15 January, but the often heated parliamentary debate was suspended twice this week. Macron said in a newspaper interview that he “really wanted” to “emmerder” unvaccinated people by curbing access to places including restaurants and cafés. He is not the first French president to spark debate over translating the informalities of the French language. Macron, who is expected to be re-elected in April, has ruled out making the vaccine obligatory for everyone.

Source: The Guardian January 06, 2022 21:59 UTC