It was two weeks ago. Almost an eternity at the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, always so moving and unpredictable. On December 22, the government spokesperson, Gabriel Attal, welcomed a “Almost unanimous support” parliamentary groups, with the exception of rebellious France (LFI) and the National Rally (RN), on the evolution of the health pass into vaccination pass.
While the daily number of positive Covid-19 cases has exceeded 200,000, the deputies are looking, Monday, January 3, on the twelfth bill related to the management of the health crisis.
With nearly 720 amendments tabled for the meeting, the concord hoped by the executive seems to be fading for good, three months before the presidential election. The oppositions intend to question, criticize, and modify the provisions contained in this bill of three articles. “This remains the best answer to those who come to explain to us that there is no longer any democracy and that all these measures are not debated”, however praises the president La République en Marche (LRM) of the Law Commission, Yaël Braun-Pivet, while threats of anonymous deaths once morest elected officials are increasing.
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Debate, there will be because the executive has decided to exercise since the announcement of this bill on December 18, new restrictive measures. ” The two waves (Omicron and Delta) combine to form a tidal wave. This is why we still need measures such as wearing a mask, limiting gatherings, teleworking ” explained Sunday the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, in an interview with JDD.
In addition to the creation of a vaccination pass, the strengthening of sanctions once morest health pass fraudsters, and the return of the state of emergency in Réunion and Martinique, other measures have been added in recent days: wearing a mask outdoors, compulsory teleworking, gauges, prolonged closure of nightclubs. At the same time, a decision was made to change the isolation rules and to revise the health protocol in schools.
But the explosion of contaminations linked to the Omicron variant, even within the 90% of vaccinated among the eligible population, raises questions to many elected officials on the merits of the short-term vaccination pass. “The method is hasty, late, and we fear an insufficient text”, says Socialist deputy for Saône-et-Loire, Cécile Untermaier.
“Inconsistency of the health strategy”
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