France’s Macron Stuns As He Declares Un-Vaxxed ‘Not Citizens’.
In a wildly authoritarian move, French President Emmanuel Macron has declared the nation’s unvaccinated public to be “not citizens” of France, and claims he is intentionally just trying to “piss them off.”
The bizarre and unlawful declaration comes as the French parliament debates new legislation that would eliminate unvaccinated people from public life entirely, even if they test negative for COVID-19.
The moves belie the oft-repeated claim that COVID-19 vaccines are
purely a health measure, especially in the face of new data from
surrounding countries that proves the unvaccinated are now more likely to contract, and therefore spread, the virus.
Speaking to Le Parisien, Macron furiously ranted:
“I am not about pissing off the French people… But
as for the non-vaccinated, I really want to piss them off. And we will
continue to do this, to the end. This is the strategy.
He continued: “In a democracy, the worst enemies are lies and
stupidity… We are putting pressure on the unvaccinated by limiting, as
much as possible, their access to activities in social life.”
France claims to have vaccinated almost 90 percent
of those eligible. Despite claims by health professionals that this
should be enough to control the spread of COVID-19, the virus is still
infecting and spreading, including amongst the vaccinated across Europe
and the United States.
Regardless of the scientific facts, Macron blames “only a very small
minority who are resisting. How do we reduce that minority? We reduce it
– sorry for the expression – by pissing them off even more.”
He went on to say he had no plans to “jail [the unvaccinated], or forcibly vaccinate them.”
So, he offered, “we have to tell them: from 15
January, you will no longer be able to go to the restaurant. You will no
longer be able to go for a coffee, you will no longer be able to go to
the theatre. You will no longer be able to go to the cinema.”
Macron concluded: “When my freedoms threaten those
of others, I become someone irresponsible. Someone irresponsible is not
a citizen.”
Opposition leader Marine Le Pen shot back, asserting that a president
“should not say such things”, insisting Macron is “not worthy of the
office” and that he was “turning the unvaccinated into second-class
citizens.”
The latest opinion polls for the 2022 French Presidential election
gives Macron (23%) a lead over his key opponents Marine Le Pen (14.5%),
Eric Zemmour (15%), Jean-Luc Mélenchon (13%), and Valérie Pécresse
(15%).
French Presidential elections are conducted in two rounds, with the
latest fieldwork showing Macron handily beating Le Pen or Zemmour in a
run off, with only the centrist Pécresse able to poll closely in the
second round.
Despite his own popularity numbers slumping into nearly negative 60
percent in 2018, Macron’s own political fortunes appear to have improved
in recent months. A new Harris Interactive poll shows him with a +2
approval rating, the highest in years.
